Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 JUL 1977 |
| Time: | 03:45 |
| Type: | Rausch Super 18 Hudstar |
| Operator: | Northern Flying Service |
| Registration: | N367F |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Oshawa Municipal Airport, ON (YOO) (Canada) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Oshawa Municipal Airport, ON (YOO), Canada |
| Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America |
The airplane struck trees and crashed immediately after takeoff. The airplane was transporting automobile parts to Detroit.
The Rausch Super 18 was a Lockheed AT-18 Hudson NC33367 (msn 7463) with a Lodestar N94538 (msn 18-2095) rear fuselage and tail group.
Sources:
» Thomas Brügge
» Beaver County Times - Jul 22, 1977
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Oshawa Municipal Airport, ON to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI as the crow flies is 406 km (254 miles).
Distance from Oshawa Municipal Airport, ON to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI as the crow flies is 406 km (254 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
