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| Date: | Thursday 1 February 1962 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Canadair DC-4M1 North Star |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 17520 |
| MSN: | 104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hall Beach Airport, NU (YUX) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hall Beach Airport, NU (YUX/CYUX) |
| Cambridge Bay Airport, NU (YCB/CYCB) |
The Canadair North Star airplane suffered a loss of oil pressure on the number 4 engine. The pilot decided to return to Hall Beach Airport. Shortly afterwards the crew radioed a mayday because engines number 2 and 3 were also losing oil pressure. The airplane made a wheels-up landing north of runway 36.
Sources:
DEWLine "War" Stories - MAYDAY at FOX Main (Hall Beach) / Paul Kelley
Images:
photo (c) Paul A.Kelley; near Hall Beach Airport, NU (YUX); 01 February 1962
photo (c) Paul A.Kelley; near Hall Beach Airport, NU (YUX); 01 February 1962
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