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Date: | Saturday 25 November 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 12712 |
MSN: | 683A-1012 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North of Montreal, Quebec -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Cartierville Airport |
Destination airport: | Cartierville Airport |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Destroyed in crash north of Montreal on 25 November 1961. Canadair test pilot B. Fleming ejected after being unable to recover from a deep stall. Suspected misrigging of automatic pitch control system. Taken on strength of the RCAF after crash for accounting reasons, although actually not owned by them at the time of the crash (it was still owned by Canadair). This was first Canadian built Starfighter to crash.
Sources:
http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/RCAF_12700_12750_detailed.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001207/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/canada.htm Starfighter, Retrospective of Canadian CF-104 1961-1986, David L. Bashow. ISBN 0-919195-12-1
Canadian Starfighters, CF-104 and CF-104D, 1961-1986, Patrick Martin. ISBN 978-3-935687-98-0
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Aug-2011 07:14 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
17-Jan-2013 13:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jan-2016 07:56 |
yukonjack |
Updated [Date, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |