Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando in Pelly Bay
Date & Time:
Mar 25, 1960
Registration:
CF-IHQ
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
448
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Pelly Bay, the airplane was too low and struck the ground few hundred yards short of runway. Both pilots were seriously injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
The pilot failed to maintain sufficient altitude and the aircraft struck the ground while on the downwind leg of a circuit to land.
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