Incident Overview
Date: Monday 11 May 1953
Aircraft Type: Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: Canadian Pacific Air Lines – CPAL
Registration Number: CF-CRV
Location: Prince Rupert, BC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 19
Component Affected: Aircraft nose sectionAircraft nose section
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a landing failure due to improper control usage after touchdown on water, resulting in multiple bounces and a severe nose section tear-off.An aircraft experienced a landing failure due to improper control usage after touchdown on water, resulting in multiple bounces and a severe nose section tear-off.
Description
Bounced on landing and crashed. PROBABLE CAUSE: “It would appear that through misuse of the controls in the air after the aircraft touched down on the water, it bounced several times, the final bounce being so severe that the nose section was torn off.”
Primary Cause
Misuse of controls during landing, leading to multiple bounces and a severe nose section tear-off.Misuse of controls during landing, leading to multiple bounces and a severe nose section tear-off.Share on:
