Ontario

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

La Guardia – Newark – Buffalo – Detroit – South Bend – Chicago

MSN:

2207

YOM:

1940

Flight number:

AA001

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Captain / Total flying hours:

5929

Captain / Total hours on type:

3702.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

1065

Copilot / Total hours on type:

Aircraft flight hours:

11027

Circumstances:

While descending to Detroit, the crew was instructed by ATC to abandon the approach due to poor weather conditions. The crew completed several circuits over Detroit to expect a weather improvement without success. After several minutes, due to fuel shortage, the captain decided to divert to London Airport, Ontario. Suddenly, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed at an angle of 70° in an open field. All 20 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

During its descent the airplane apparently was partially but not completely out of control. There was no fire in or about the airplane prior to impact. No evidence of sabotage was discovered. There was no power plant failure prior to the accident, and the engines were functioning normally at the time the airplane struck the ground. Nothing was found to indicate that there had been any structural failure or failure of the control system of the airplane. As a result of the complete destruction of some portions of the airplane, however, it is impossible to eliminate completely the possibility that such failure occurred. Now, therefore, the Board finds that the evidence presently available and in possession of the Board is not sufficient to permit determination of the probable cause of this accident.

Final Report:

Ground fire of a Lockheed 10 Electra in Mountain View

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941 at 1435 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed 10 Electra

Operator:

Registration:

7652

Flight Phase:

Parking

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Schedule:

Mountain View - Mountain View

MSN:

1001

YOM:

1934

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Captain / Total flying hours:

1044

Captain / Total hours on type:

29.00

Circumstances:

The twin engine airplane was engaged in a local instructional flight at RCAF Mountain View, Ontario. While completing landing circuits, it caught fire in the air. During the approach, the pilot noticed smoke coming from the cabin, and after landing taxied off the runway, shut off the engines and investigated for the cause of the smoke. Flames broke out anew which could not be extinguished. There were no injuries among the crew but the airplane was totally destroyed by fire.
Crew:
Sgt K. A. Carte, pilot,
P/O L. I. Armstrong, pilot.
Passengers:
P/O J. H. Young,
Sgt C. J. Faulkes.

Probable cause:

In-flight fire for reasons that could not be determined.

Final Report:

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth near Gogama

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Provincial Air Service of Lands & Forests

Operator:

Registration:

G-CAOY

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Fire fighting

Survivors:

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Gogama - Sault Sainte Marie

MSN:

504

YOM:

1928

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Circumstances:

The single engine airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from a lake located some 24 km from Gogama. The crew was en route to Sault Sainte Marie on a fire fighting mission. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were injured.

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

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Registration:

CF-ADG

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Flight Type:

Private

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Schedule:

Toronto - Toronto

MSN:

777

YOM:

1928

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The single engine airplane was completing a local flight at Toronto-Downsview Airport with two people on board. Upon landing, it went out of control and came to rest upside down. Both occupants escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Avro 652A Anson I in Bond Head: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

Operator:

Registration:

N9652

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Camp Borden - Camp Borden

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The twin engine airplane departed RCAF Camp Borden on a training flight with a crew of three on board. While flying in formation, it collided with a second RAF Avro Anson registered N9595 and carrying a crew of four. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Bond Head. All seven crew members in both aircrafts were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Clydesdale Bell, pilot,
LAC Maurice Godfrey Folkard,
LAC Ivor Wilfred Jackson.

Crash of an Avro 652A Anson I in Bond Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

Operator:

Registration:

N9595

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Flight Type:

Lockheed 14 Super Electra

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Camp Borden - Camp Borden

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Circumstances:

The twin engine airplane departed RCAF Camp Borden on a training flight with a crew of four on board. While flying in formation, it collided with a second RAF Avro Anson registered N9652 and carrying a crew of three. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Bond Head. All seven crew members in both aircrafts were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Henry Dodsworth, pilot,
AC1 Colin Trevor Douglas,
LAC Stanley Porter,
LAC Eric Alfred Rundell.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra in Armstrong: 12 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1941 at 0350 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

CF-TCP

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Schedule:

Toronto – Armstrong – Thunder Bay – Winnipeg

MSN:

1501

YOM:

1939

Flight number:

TCA003

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Circumstances:

On final approach to Armstrong at night, the twin engine aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located one mile short of runway, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 12 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The accident occurred in predawn darkness and adverse meteorological conditions, with an overcast at around 1,000 feet and a visibility of approximately 1.5 mile in light snowfall, but its cause could not be determined despite exhaustive independent inquiries by both the airline and Canadian government authorities.

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

Date & Time: Feb 2, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

Operator:

Registration:

CF-ADK

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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MSN:

791

YOM:

1928

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Crashed while taking off from Toronto-Downsview Airfield. Both occupant were injured.

Crash of a Beechcraft S18A in Bruce Lake: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1941 at 1430 LT

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft S18

Operator:

Registration:

CF-BGY

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Red Lake – Hudson

MSN:

172

YOM:

1937

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The airplane departed Red Lake on a cargo flight to Hudson, carrying one passenger (a miner) and one pilot. En route, it went out of control and crashed in Bruce Lake. The fuselage of the plane apparently had smashed through the ice to the lake bottom. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
R. W. 'Bud' Starratt, pilot and son of the airline's president.
Passenger:
H. Laaija.

Probable cause:

It is believed that the pilot became incapacitated in flight due to an unknown intoxication.

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

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Registration:

CF-CAA

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