- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 09, 1956 |
Time: | 1353 |
Location: | Near Flat Rock, Michigan |
Operator: | Trans Canada Air Lines |
Flight #: | 304 |
Route: | Chicago - Montreal |
AC Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Registration: | CF-TGR |
cn / ln: | 55 |
Aboard: | 35 (passengers:31 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:1 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While on a flight from Chicago to Montreal, cruising at FL190, the crew was unable to feather an overspeeding No. 4 engine. Soon after the No. 4 propeller broke and one blade disabled the No. 3 engine and penetrated the fuselage killing a passenger. An emergency landing was successfully made at Windsor, Ontario. |
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