Zone

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I near Cochrane: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1941 at 1730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6200
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cochrane - Cochrane
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Captain / Total flying hours:
282
Captain / Total hours on type:
119.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
8
Copilot / Total hours on type:
4
Aircraft flight hours:
340
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training sortie out from Cochrane. The aircraft lost height and commenced low flying then crashed into a cable stretched across the Bow River at a height of 25 to 50 feet. The machine struck the water and carried on to the river bank a distance of about a hundred yards. The craft was completely wrecked and both occupants were immediately killed.
Crew:
Sgt A. E. Reginald, pilot,
LAC Q. B. Chace, pilot.
Probable cause:
The pilot was doing unauthorized low flying.
Final Report:

Crash of a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter in Cochrane

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-CANI
Flight Phase:
MSN:
103
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from a field located in Cochrane, the single engine aircraft stalled and crashed. Occupant fate unknown.
Probable cause:
The accident was caused by an engine failure.