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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54A-1-DO Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:42-107439 USAAF
    Construction Number:07458
    Last Civil Registration:C-GPSH
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54A-1-DO sn 42-107439 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Buffalo Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54A-1-DO.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-107439.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC90414.

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-EBN.

    To unknown owner with c/r VR-SEA.

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-EBN.

    To Qantas Airways, Sidney, New Soth Wales with new c/r VH-EDB.
    Operated with markings: Norfolk Trader

    To unknown owner with c/r N5581S {1}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N5581T {1}.

    6 April 1978


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Melbourne Essendon

    28 December 1990

    To International Airline Support Group, Miami, FL with new c/r N7171H.

    31 January 1991

    Civil registration, N7171H, cancelled.

    8 December 1994

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT with new c/r C-GPSH.

    23 May 1996

    Assigned civil registration: C-GPSH (C54A-DC, 7458)

    Based at Buffalo Airways, Hay River, NT.
    View the Location Dossier

    23 May 1996

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GPSH.

    To unknown owner with c/r N7171H.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GPSH.

    By 29 December 2006

    To Buffalo Airways with new c/r C-GPSH (Douglas C-54A (DC-4), 7458).

    29 December 2006

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. This was a cargo flight. The accident occurred at Carat Lake, NU (Canada) while landing. The airframe was repaired. Narrative: The DC-4 was involved in transporting 9000 litres of Arctic Diesel to the Carat Lake mine. During the landing roll the nose gear collapsed and the aircrafts nose dropped over an embankment off the end of the runway. The fuel cells, which where bolted to the aircrafts floor, broke loose and resulted in an unknown quantity of fuel spilling...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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