Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3
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- Near Mount Elsay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 CF-TDF, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 28, 1947 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed 18-08A Lodestar |
| Operator | Trans-Canada Air Lines |
| Registration | CF-TDF |
| Flight origin | Toronto Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada |
| 1st stopover | Lethbridge Airport, Alberta, Canada |
| Destination | Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupants | 15 |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On April 28, 1947, a Lockheed 18-08A Lodestar operating as Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3 crashed near Mount Elsay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 15 occupants. The wreckage was not discovered until 1992.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Lockheed 18-08A Lodestar manufactured in 1942 and operated by Trans-Canada Air Lines with the registration CF-TDF. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet radial engines.[1]
Passengers and crew
The occupants consisted of three crew members and 12 passengers.[1] The flight was piloted by Bill Pike, a former fighter jet pilot. The two other crew members were 22-year-old Margaret Trerise and 25-year-old Anatasia (Nell) Lesiuk, both flight attendants travelling on stand-by. The passengers were Jane Warren and Margaret Hamblin, 21-year-old student nurses at Vancouver General Hospital, lumber buyer David Vance who was from Winnipeg, Manitoba, married couple Marjorie and Cecil Nugent, also from Winnipeg, travelling for their honeymoon, executive with Famous Players Victor Armand, divisional manager of Aro Equipment Lance Millor, businessman James Woolf, Quebec citizen Clarence Reaper and Winnipeg citizen W. Robson.[2]