Casey - Casey

On June 9, 1973 at 07:10 AM, Casey - Casey experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Aircraft Specialties Company, with the event recorded near Casey Quebec.

The flight was categorized as spraying (agricultural) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was engaged in a local spraying mission, carrying a crew of three and a load of 3,666 gallons of insecticides. After takeoff from runway 23, while in initial climb, the airplane entered a flat attitude then descended until it struck trees and crashed in flames about 3 km southwest of the airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N173W, MSN 4674, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.8888°, -74.1758°.