Winnipeg – Vancouver

On April 8, 1954 at 10:03 AM, Winnipeg – Vancouver experienced a crash involving Canadair C-4 North Star, operated by Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL, with the event recorded near Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

35 people were known to be on board, 36 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 102.9%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 31, passenger fatalities: 31, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising at an altitude of 6,000 under IFR rules, the four engine aircraft collided with a RCAF North American T-6 Harvard registered 3309. Sole on board, the pilote just took off from Moose Jaw Airfield for a local training mission. Following the collision, both aircraft went out of control and dove into the ground. The Harvard crash on a golf course while the North Star crashed onto a house located in the suburb of Moose Jaw. The pilot of the Harvard was killed as well as all 35 occupants on board the TCAL aircraft and one people inside the house.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-TFW, MSN 150, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.3936°, -105.4706°.