Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 30 December 1953
Aircraft Type: Canadair C-54GM North Star
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Air Force – RCAF
Registration Number: 17503
Location: Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51
Component Affected: No specific component is identified as being directly affected.No specific component is identified as being directly affected.
Category: Accident
A RCAF Argonaut of the 426 Transport Squadron experienced a catastrophic landing due to icing conditions and engine failure en route to Edmonton and Montreal. The aircraft encountered icing, which resulted in stalling and a controlled crash into a ditch. Heavy ice accumulation during flight contributed to the stall.A RCAF Argonaut of the 426 Transport Squadron experienced a catastrophic landing due to icing conditions and engine failure en route to Edmonton and Montreal. The aircraft encountered icing, which resulted in stalling and a controlled crash into a ditch. Heavy ice accumulation during flight contributed to the stall.
Description
The RCAF Argonaut of the 426 Transport Squadron departed Vancouver on a flight to Edmonton and Montreal. En route to Edmonton the airplane ran into icing conditions and the no.4 engine failed. The crew decided to return to Vancouver. Light rain was falling as the C-54 approached Vancouver. On landing the airplane stalled and fell to the ground. The nose landing gear and the right-hand wing were torn off and the airplane rolled upside down and skidded before coming to rest at the edge of a 10-foot ditch. Contributing to the stall was a large amount of ice the aircraft picked up during the flight.
Primary Cause
Icing conditions and engine failure.Icing conditions and engine failure.Share on:
