ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197511
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Noorduyn Norseman IV |
| Owner/operator: | Mont Laurier Aviation |
| Registration: | CF-CPL |
| MSN: | 253 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Northern Quebec -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Fort Chimo (CYVP) |
| Robertval (CYRJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Floatplane went missing on flight from Fort Chimo to Robertval, Quebec. Search called off 24 September 1953. Eventually spotted from a RCAF Canso after 37 days on Oct 2, 1953. All the two crew and five passengers from Fennimore Iron Company survived. Among one German geologist and a Dutch engineer.
Wreckage sold to Boreal Airways on 10 August 1954 and finally destroyed when set on fire by sparks blown from forest fire 8 June 1955.
Sources:
The Windsor Daily Star 25 September 1953, p10/3 October 1953, p1+2
http://www.norsemanhistory.ca/Aircraft.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2018 09:29 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2018 09:47 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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