Time Machine prepares backup but cancels without error message before starting backup

Hello.
I'm running OS 10.9.1 on a 2013 iMac.  Time Machine has not backed up for a few weeks.  Have tried verifying the backup with no problems reported.  Can't mount 1TB Time Capsule or relevant sparsebundle in Disk Utility.  Went to Console and copied the relevant logs:
1/12/14 8:25:06.310 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Starting manual backup
1/12/14 8:25:06.320 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/Data
1/12/14 8:25:29.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Time Machine Backups on device disk4s2
1/12/14 8:25:31.268 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Disk image /Volumes/Data/Macintosh.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
1/12/14 8:25:31.284 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Backing up to /dev/disk4s2: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
1/12/14 8:25:31.481 AM mds[65]: (Error) Volume: Root store set to FSOnly with matching create! (loaded:1)
1/12/14 8:26:00.273 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Deep event scan at path:/Users/[redacted]/Pictures/iPhoto Library cellphone/Database/apdb reason:contains changes|must scan subdirs|fsevent|missed reservation|file event|
1/12/14 8:26:04.372 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Finished scan
1/12/14 8:26:04.376 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Not using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
1/12/14 8:26:44.000 AM kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
1/12/14 8:26:51.000 AM kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
1/12/14 8:26:51.601 AM diskimages-helper[1470]: terminating disk4 - image is no longer available
[here follows various repeated disk4s2 undefined messages]
1/12/14 8:26:51.603 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Stopping backup to allow backup destination disk to be unmounted or ejected.
[here follows various repeated disk4s2 undefined messages]
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: Runtime corruption detected on Time Machine Backups, fsck will be forced on next mount.
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
[last two lines repeated about a dozen times]
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: cat_delete() failed to delete thread record id=81 on vol=Time Machine Backups
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: Runtime corruption detected on Time Machine Backups, fsck will be forced on next mount.
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
1/12/14 8:26:52.239 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Backup canceled.
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: BlockMarkFreeInternal() trying to free unallocated blocks on volume Time Machine Backups
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: Runtime corruption detected on Time Machine Backups, fsck will be forced on next mount.
1/12/14 8:26:52.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on Time Machine Backups on device disk4s2
1/12/14 8:26:57.284 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Data/Macintosh.sparsebundle
1/12/14 8:26:57.000 AM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Data, flags 0, pid 1500
1/12/14 8:26:57.000 AM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xffffff8054511530
1/12/14 8:26:57.000 AM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Detach: Reply queue not empty?
1/12/14 8:26:57.759 AM com.apple.backupd[1456]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
This basic sequence seems to have happened every time I've tried to run backup lately.  Pondini's A6 mentions the deep event scan related to iPhoto but not what to do about it.  Help?

I decided, based on various clues from Pondini's page, that the hard drive in my Time Capsule was failing.  I started a full backup on my second Time Capsule and am currenly only using the original as an internet router.

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