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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 06:32 |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 9807 |
| MSN: | CV-241 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
| Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
The Canso lost height and impacted wooded terrain shortly after takeoff from runway 15 at Gander RCAF Station, Canada.
There was a loss of engine power as a result of carburettor icing.
Sources:
planecrashgirl.ca
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