Date:	Saturday 19 August 1995
Time:	09:06
Type:	Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3C)
Owner/operator:	Air North
Registration:	C-GZOF
MSN:	20833
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) -   Canada
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR)
Destination airport:	Prince Rupert-Digby Island Airport, BC (YPR/CYPR)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
After a two-year lease period to Wagisla Air, the DC-3 was flown back to Air North. The aircraft took off from Vancouver runway 08 but was forced to return due to a no. 2 engine failure (overspeeding prop). The DC-3 struck the embankment of the Fraser River during the turn to runway 30.

ICAO Adrep Summary 5/95 (#69)
CADORS Number: 1995P0326

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR); 28 July 1994

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