ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33898
Last updated: 31 January 2021
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| Date: | 25-JAN-1948 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | Supermarine Stranraer |
| Owner/operator: | Queen Charlotte Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | CF-BYI |
| C/n / msn: | CV-184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 miles north-west of Rock Bay, British Columbia, -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Forward Harbour, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada. |
The Queen Charlotte Airlines aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Vancouver to Forward Harbour, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada when it suffered a fire in the port engine and and was forced to carry out an emergency landing off Vancouver Island, where it caught fire, burned out and sank. The 2 crew and 2 passengers safely evacuated the aircraft and were rescued.
Supermarine Stranraer, CV-184 was issued to No.7 (BR) Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, Serial No. 907, in May 1938. Sold to Queen Charlotte Airlines Ltd in 1946 and registered CF-BYI ('Haida Queen').
Sources:
https://gent-family.com/Aircraft/queencharlotteairlines.html
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_901_950_detailed.htm
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/83-register-canada-cf-b
https://www.baaa-acro.com/aircraft/canadian-vickers-stranraer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RCAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_Harbour
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-3.html
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 26 January 1948, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Mar-2013 14:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2018 10:13 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2018 18:55 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Oct-2020 22:09 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 16:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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