| Date: | Monday 28 April 1947 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-08A Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL |
| Registration: | CF-TDF |
| MSN: | 18-2248 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km N of Vancouver, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lethbridge Airport, AB (YQL/CYQL) |
| Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
The Lodestar went missing while on approach to Vancouver. The wreckage was found September 27th, 1994 in a remote area just west of Mount Elsay on a wooded slope.
Sources:
Location
Images:
photo (c) Jarek Jakubec; 10 mls N of Vancouver, BC
photo (c) Dr. Terry Rowe
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