Summerside - Summerside

On March 31, 1977 at 12:00 AM, Summerside - Summerside experienced a crash involving Canadair CL-28 Argus, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Summerside Prince Edward Island.

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

12 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a training mission out of Summerside Airport. Upon landing, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a parked Nordair Lockheed L-188 Electra registered CF-NAZ. Both aircraft were destroyed and three crew members were killed. The Electra was empty at the time of the accident. It is believed that the loss of control was the consequence of landing gear problems.

Aircraft reference details include registration 10737, MSN 28, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.4188°, -63.7794°.