Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 29 April 1954
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Air Force – RCAF
Registration Number: 3670
Location: Sea Island RCAF Station, BC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: DHC-3 Otter aircraft (3670 and 3676), Lancaster, Beechcraft Expeditors, and Sikorsky H-5 helicopterDHC-3 Otter aircraft (3670 and 3676), Lancaster, Beechcraft Expeditors, and Sikorsky H-5 helicopter
Category: Other
A hangar fire at RCAF Sea Island resulted in the loss of two DHC-3 Otter aircraft, the No. 121 Communications and Rescue Flight (3670 and 3676), and a single Lancaster. The incident also involved two Beechcraft Expeditors and one Sikorsky H-5 helicopter.A hangar fire at RCAF Sea Island resulted in the loss of two DHC-3 Otter aircraft, the No. 121 Communications and Rescue Flight (3670 and 3676), and a single Lancaster. The incident also involved two Beechcraft Expeditors and one Sikorsky H-5 helicopter.
Description
A hangar fire at RCAF Sea Island caused the loss of two DHC-3 Otter aircraft of the No. 121 Communications and Rescue Flight (3670 and 3676), as well as a single Lancaster, two Beechcraft Expeditors, and one Sikorsky H-5 helicopter.
Source of Information
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