Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 09 JAN 1984 |
| Time: | 22:32 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Skycraft Air Transport |
| Registration: | C-GSCA |
| C/n / msn: | 15745/27190 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17933 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), United States of America |
| Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada |
The first two attempts to takeoff were abandoned due to slow aircraft performance. Takeoff was continued on the 3rd attempt, but both engines lost power upon gear retraction. An attempt was made to make an emergency landing on a highway, but the left wing struck a pole. The aircraft crashed through a fence and struck a highway embankment.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Jet-A fuel had been used when refueling the aircraft, instead of 100LL Avgas.
Sources:
» NTSB Identification: MKC84MA060
Photos
C-GGJG was bought from the Canadian Air Force, but never officialy used. Skycraft then bought the plane in 1976.
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 Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 1043 km (652 miles).
Distance from Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 1043 km (652 miles).
