Seven Island - Harrington Harbor

En route, the pilot encountered unknown technical problems and attempted to make an emergency landing on the frozen St Laurent River. All three occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft drifted on the ice and eventually sunk and disappeared. It was not recovered.

Flight / Schedule

Seven Island - Harrington Harbor

Registration

CF-CPM

MSN

254

Year of Manufacture

1943

Date

March 14, 1944 at 12:00 AM

Type

CRASH

Flight Type

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Crash Location

Quebec Quebec

Region

North America • Canada

Coordinates

46.8137°, -71.2084°

Crash Cause

Technical failure

Narrative Report

On March 14, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Seven Island - Harrington Harbor experienced a crash involving Noorduyn Norseman, operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines - CP Air, with the event recorded near Quebec Quebec.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the pilot encountered unknown technical problems and attempted to make an emergency landing on the frozen St Laurent River. All three occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft drifted on the ice and eventually sunk and disappeared. It was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-CPM, MSN 254, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.8137°, -71.2084°.

Fatalities

Total

0

Crew

0

Passengers

0

Other

0

Crash Summary

En route, the pilot encountered unknown technical problems and attempted to make an emergency landing on the frozen St Laurent River. All three occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft drifted on the ice and eventually sunk and disappeared. It was not recovered.

Cause: Technical failure

Occupants & Outcome

Crew On Board

1

Passengers On Board

2

Estimated Survivors

3

Fatality Rate

0.0%

Known people on board: 3

Operational Details

Schedule / Flight

Seven Island - Harrington Harbor

Flight Type

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Region / Country

North America • Canada

Aircraft Details

Registration

CF-CPM

MSN

254

Year of Manufacture

1943