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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 2000 |
| Time: | 22:15 UTC |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Commando Air Transport |
| Registration: | C-GTXW |
| MSN: | 30386 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Red Lake, ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | CYRL |
| CZSJ | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A C-46, registration C-GTXW, was departing runway 08 at Red Lake, ON, destined for Sandy Lake with a cargo of fuel. Information indicated that during the take-off run, an engine began to vibrate and lose power. The aircraft stopped accelerating and the take-off was aborted. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway coming to a stop in a ditch. All three crew members immediately evacuated the aircraft due to a strong smell of fuel.
Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 2012 | C-GTXW | Buffalo Airways | 0 | Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF) | |
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| 25 September 2015 | C-GTXW | Buffalo Airways | 0 | Déline Airport, NT (YWJ) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2024 18:53 | ASN | Added |
| 18-Sep-2024 18:58 | ASN | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2024 18:58 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
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