Accident Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) CF-FZJ, Thursday 11 April 1957

Date:	Thursday 11 April 1957
Time:
Type:	Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator:	Northern Wings
Registration:	CF-FZJ
MSN:	CV-310
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Manicouagon, QC - Canada
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Sept-Îles Airport, QC (YZV/CYZV)
Destination airport:	Lac Jeannine, QC

Narrative:
The Canso aircraft crashed on a frozen lake. It was operating on a cargo flight, transporting diesel fuel to a mining camp at Lac Jeannine.
The flight engineer survived the accident.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot became lost and descended below the minimum en-route altitude in an attempt to establish his position."

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photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957