Saint-John – Goose Bay

On March 22, 1952 at 12:00 PM, Saint-John – Goose Bay experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Maritime Central Airways, with the event recorded near Gaspé Quebec.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane left Saint-John, New Brunswick, at 1348LT on a cargo flight to Goose Bay with one pilot and three passengers on board. At 1434LT, the pilot informed ATC he was flying under IFR at an altitude of 7,000 feet near Chatham and estimated his position over Seven Islands at 1544LT. This was the last radio transmission as the aircraft disappeared shortly later from the radar screens. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the occupants was found. The wreckage was eventually spotted by the pilot of a Trans-Gaspesian Airline aircraft on 27 August 1953.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-BXZ, MSN 4695, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.8345°, -64.4926°.