Vancouver – Edmonton – Montreal

On December 30, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Vancouver – Edmonton – Montreal experienced a crash involving Canadair C-4 North Star, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Vancouver British Columbia.

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

51 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 51 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 43, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft was performing a flight from Vancouver to Montreal with an intermediate stop in Edmonton on behalf of the 426th Transport Squadron. On the leg from Vancouver to Edmonton, the crew encountered icing conditions when an engine failed. The captain decided to return to Vancouver for a safe landing when on approach, he encountered poor weather with rains falls and icing conditions. On final, the aircraft banked left and right, causing the right wing to hit the runway surface. On impact, the right wing was sheared off and the aircraft went out of control and came upside down. It then slid for dozen yards before coming to rest at the edge of a ditch. All 51 occupants were miraculously evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 17503, MSN 110, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.2609°, -123.1140°.