Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 14 FEB 1956 |
| Tijd: | 15:38 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | United States Army |
| Registratie: | 55-3252 |
| Constructienummer: | 92 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1956 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Toronto, ON (Canada) |
| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Militair |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Toronto-Downsview Airport, ON (YZD/CYZD), Canada |
| Toronto-Downsview Airport, ON (YZD/CYZD), Canada |
A group of three U-1A Otters were allocated for training flights out of the Downsview Airport, in the course of pre-delivery U.S. Army pilot training. Otter 55-3252 departed the airport at 15:21. Seventeen minutes later the aircraft broke up in midair. It crashed near Keele Street, killing all aboard.
Initial investigations concluded that the airplane broke up after entering wake turbulence. Investigation into the accident of RCAF Otter 3666 which crashed April 10 of the same year revealed that the this accident may have been preceded by a sudden spontaneous full flap retraction.
Bronnen:
» Air crash : the clue is in the wreckage / Fred Jones
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Toronto-Downsview Airport, ON en Toronto-Downsview Airport, ON bedraagt NAN km (NAN miles).
De afstand tussen Toronto-Downsview Airport, ON en Toronto-Downsview Airport, ON bedraagt NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
