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Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth off Vancouver: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-CAHS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vancouver - Vancouver
MSN:
409
YOM:
1927
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While completing a local training flight, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in the English Bay, off Vancouver. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
The student pilot with insufficient experience attempted to perform a solo training flight.

Crash of a Curtiss JN-4 off Nalau Island

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-CABU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Alert Bay – Prince Rupert
MSN:
C1293
YOM:
1920
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Alert Bay to Prince Rupert, the pilot Lt Harry W. Brown encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the aircraft off Nalau Island. He survived by paddling a log into the shipping lane and was picked up by a passing Alaskan steamer. The aircraft was lost.