Seven Islands – Menihek

On July 28, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Seven Islands – Menihek experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by World-Wide Airways, with the event recorded near Menihek Newfoundland & Labrador.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a cargo flight from Seven Islands to Menihek Airport and the aircraft was carrying a load of 2,150 gallons of diesel, 300 gallons of petrol and 800 gallons of Avgas. The approach was performed in strong crosswinds and after touchdown on a gravel runway, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and eventually collided with rocks and came to rest in flames. Both pilots evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-GBA.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.4594°, -66.5996°.