ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190580
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 December 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 4A |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 18270 |
| MSN: | C-100/4/170 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cold Lake, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta |
| RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The CF-100, operated by 3 AW(F) Operation Training Unit suffered a hydraulic control failure at 40,000 feet. The aircraft went into a steep dive, breaking the sound barrier and impacting the ground and disintegrating. F/O F. Dankin and F/O J. Baer ejected, but their parachutes were ripped apart due to the very high rate of speed and both were killed.
Sources:
http://www.torontoaviationhistory.com/Toronto/Flypast/Flypast_43_2.pdf (Pg 6)
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_18251_18300_detailed.html
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002782?Frank%20Max%20Dakin
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80001865?John%20Richard%20Baer
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2016 06:04 | yukonjack | Added |
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