Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Val-Morin

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-CATG
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Montreal - Val-Morin
MSN:
617
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing in Val-Morin, one of the skis hit a rock. The aircraft overturned and came to rest upside down. While both occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Fokker F14 in Bagot: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CF-AIH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Winnipeg – Moose Jaw
MSN:
1403
YOM:
1929
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route from Winnipeg to Moose Jaw, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. He lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field, bursting into flames. A passenger was injured while both other occupants were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Camp Borden: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
66
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
MSN:
713
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed on final approach to Camp Borden while completing a local training mission. Both pilots C. A. K. Gill and N. A. Duval were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Lethbridge

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
CF-ADJ
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lethbridge – Calgary
MSN:
778
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Lethbridge, the airplane stalled and crashed, injuring both occupants.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Charlottetown

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-CAVG
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
689
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Charlottetown Airport, the aircraft stalled and crashed. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure shortly after rotation.

Crash of a Lockheed 5B Vega near Prince Rupert: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC103W
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vancouver – Atlin
MSN:
120
YOM:
1930
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Vancouver to take part to a SAR mission following the disappearance of a Ryan B-5 Brougham operated by the Canadian Aerial Explorations that crashed in north BC last October 10. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances, killing all three occupants.

Crash of a Curtiss HS-2L in Fort Frances

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-CAOP
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While landing on a frozen ground, the aircraft skidded and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Ryan B-5 Brougham in Liard River: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
CF-AEV
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Atlin - Liard Post
MSN:
189
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On October 9, 1930 Captain E. J. 'Paddy' Burke departed Atlin in his float-equipped aircraft with two passengers on board, bound for Liard Post. On the return flight the next day, snow squalls forced the trio to land on the Liard River to await better weather. When persistent weather problems forced a third landing Liard River, a float was damaged, leaving the aircraft and its three occupants stranded, considerably off course from the straight line track between Atlin and Liard Post. A massive search was launched, and eventually abandoned. By November 12, only one search plane doggedly persisted. It was Everett Wasson and trapper Joe Walsh in the Treadwell Yukon Fairchild G-CARM. On November 24 Walsh and Wasson spotted the abandoned, snow covered aircraft, and 12 days later discovered two survivors forty miles up the Liard River from the plane. Pilot Paddy Burke had died of exposure and starvation. Aircraft mechanic Emil Kading and passenger Bob Martin had survived 2 months in the winter wilderness with very little food or equipment. The nearest suitable landing site for Wasson's ski equipped Fairchild was 10 miles from the starving survivor's camp. After three days of snowshoeing, sledding and back-packing, Wasson and Walsh had Kadding and Martin safely aboard the Fairchild, on there way to Whitehorse. Six days later Wasson returned to the Liard River and retrieved the body of Paddy Burke. And so ended on of the longest air search in Canadian history. The Following spring a salvage crew removed the Junkers from its ice bound floats, installed a set of skies, and flew the aircraft out. In the original text, the aircraft involved was mentioned as being a Junkers F.13.

Source: Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

Crash of a Fairchild 71 in Lac-à-la-Tortue

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
CF-AEU
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
653
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Damaged beyond repair upon landing. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Fairchild FC-2L near Artillery Lake

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-CYWU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
19
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On a clearly day, while in the process of an overshoot following an aborted landing attempt, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area. Both occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.