Serial #31 Type CL-44D4-1

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Registration Date Event Operator Remarks
CF-OFH-X 16.04.1962 First flight Canadair Ltd.
N228SW 18.06.1962 Delivery Seaboard World Airways
N228SW 30.09.1963 Leased B.O.A.C. Returned to Seaboard and stored 31.10.1965
N228SW 03.11.1965 Leased Flying Tiger Line
N228SW 24.12.1966 Crashed Flying Tiger Line Aircraft crashed on approach to Da Nang in bad weather.
The plane was on approach to Da Nang in bad weather and was very low on fuel. The weather was bad, heavy rain, low visibility and the crew was trying a radar assisted approach at night. A deviation was not possible because of the fuel status. A few miles short of the runway the plane touched the treetops and went down cutting a 300 yard swath through 66 thatched roof huts in Binh Tahi. Killing the four crew and 107 civilians on the ground.
It has been speculated that the real cause of the accident was a wind-shear.
Rumors have also been around that the plane was shot down by enemy fire. This has proven wrong.