Aircraft Accident Report: Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304/Supplemental Data

by the Civil Aeronautics Board

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Investigation

Upon being notified of the accident on July 9, 1956, the Civil Aeronautics Board communicated with the Department of Transport of Canada and by mutual agreement between the Canadian and United States governments a joint board of inquiry was convened to investigate the accident in accordance with the separate requirements of the respective countries.

Air Carrier

Trans-Canada Air Lines is a Canadian company engaged in scheduled air transportation in Canada and foreign countries, with authorization to operate as a scheduled air carrier over the route involved. Headquarters of the company are located in the International Aviation Building, Dorchester Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Flight Personnel

Captain R. D. Smuck, age 40, held a valid Airline Transport Pilot License, No. AT 510, issued by the Canadian Government. He had a total of 9,714:38 flight hours since employed by TCA, of which 317:59 were in Viscounts, and was qualified to command Viscount aircraft.

Captain A. C. Adamson, age 34, held a valid Airline Transport Pilot License, No. AT 111, issued by the Canadian Government. He had a total of 9,975:59 flight hours since employed by TCA, of which 218:26 were in Viscounts, and was qualified to command Viscount aircraft.

Miss Rita Ann Tobin and Miss Sheila Martha Thomson were employed by TCA as stewardesses on August 4, 1954, and May 25, 1955, respectively. Both had received the usual training provided by TCA for cabin attendant personnel.

The Aircraft

Viscount aircraft CF-TGR, type 724, serial No. 55, was manufactured by Vickers—Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., Waybridge, Surrey, England, and was delivered to Trans-Canada Air Lines on June 23, 1955. Its certificate of airworthiness, No. 4866, was currently effective. The aircraft had been flown a total of 2,586 hours. It was powered by four Rolls Royce Dart 506 engines, equipped with Rotol R 139/4/20-4/17E propellers.

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