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Ground accident of a Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando in Shamattawa

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1982
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-GIXZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
22453
YOM:
1945
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After landing at Shamattawa Airport while on a cargo flight, the crew was taxiing to the apron when the aircraft went off course. The right main gear struck a drainage ditch and was torn off. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL in Fort Severn: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1975 at 2000 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CF-AII
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thunder Bay - Fort Severn
MSN:
19353
YOM:
1943
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a cargo flight from Thunder Bay to Fort Severn, carrying building supplies. On approach, the crew encountered heavy fog when on final, the airplane struck the bank of the Severn River. It bounced into the air, took off the roof of an Anglican church and crashed 267 feet away in a graveyard, about 3 km from runway 15 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
At the time of the accident, the visibility was extremely limited due to fog and the crew descended too low until the airplane impacted ground.

Crash of a Beechcraft D18 in Winnipeg: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1972 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CF-IRY
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Winnipeg - Oxford House
MSN:
A-259
YOM:
1946
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Winnipeg Airport runway 13, while climbing to a height of about 100 feet, the twin engine airplane banked right then stalled and crashed in flames onto two houses located in 426 & 430 Linwood Street, about one km south of the end of runway 13. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all nine occupants were killed, among them seven students returning home. Despite both houses were destroyed, nobody on the ground was wounded. According to eyewitnesses, both engines were not running properly prior to the loss of control.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the loss of control was the consequence of an engine malfunction or failure.