Date:	Thursday 12 August 1948
Time:
Type:	Canadair DC-4M1 North Star
Owner/operator:	Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL
Registration:	CF-TEL
MSN:	103
Year of manufacture:	1947
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Merlin 622
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Sydney Airport, NS (YQY) -   Canada
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL)
Destination airport:	Sydney Airport, NS (YQY/CYQY)

Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair on landing when it hit an unlit pile of earth short of the runway. The undercarriage punctured the fuel tanks and a fire erupted.
The airplane operated on a service from Montreal to Prestwick with an en route stop at Sydney, Canada.

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 47)
The Milwaukee Journal - Aug 12, 1948
Flight 19-8-1948

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