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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1920 |
| Time: | 16:10 |
| Type: |  Curtiss JN-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Pacific Aviation Company |
| Registration: | G-CAAF |
| MSN: | AB.2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nr. Minoru Park Racecourse, Vancouver, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Minoru, BC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Lost control at 4000ft and spun into the ground.
Pilot A.C. Baker injured. Passenger E.H.Beazley killed.
Sources:
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19200525&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Angus Scully, “In Our Youth”, Heritage House Publishing Co, (Toronto 2022), pp.236-252.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2008 11:43 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Jul-2022 15:07 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2023 06:31 | Wind Chaser | Updated |
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