Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Friday 29 December 2006 |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-1-DO (DC-4) |
Operator: | Buffalo Airways |
Registration: | C-GPSH |
MSN: | 7458 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Carat Lake, NU ( Canada)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Carat Lake, NU, Canada |
Narrative:The DC-4 was involved in transporting 9000 litres of Arctic Diesel to the Carat Lake mine. During the landing roll the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft's nose dropped over an embankment off the end of the runway. The fuel cells, which where bolted to the aircraft's floor, broke loose and resulted in an unknown quantity of fuel spilling.
In July 2007 the nose section of C-GXKN, which crashed in January 2006, was transported to Carat Lake to repair C-GPSH.
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
» TSB A06W0250
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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.