| Date: | Wednesday 25 August 1954 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BAZI |
| MSN: | 2513 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17036 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 (749C18BD1) Cyclone |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
The Lockheed L-749 Constellation operated on a flight from Paris to Gander, New York and Mexico City. It touched down on runway 32 at Gander Airport, Canada at night. The runway was wet due to recent rain.
As the propellers were brought into reverse, the aircraft began moving to the left. The flight crew attempted to counter the movement, but did not succeed. The aircraft ran off the left side of the runway and slipped into a 20 ft wide ditch.
Sources:
aviatechno.net
Location
Images:
photo (c) Saoul Jean-Richard; Gander Airport, NF (YQX/CYQX); August 1954
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