Accident Vickers 952 Vanguard CF-TKV, Monday 6 May 1963
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Date:Monday 6 May 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic vang model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers 952 Vanguard
Owner/operator:Trans Canada Airlines
Registration: CF-TKV
MSN: 745
Year of manufacture:1962
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 69
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Accident
Location:near Rocky Mountain House, AB -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Vancouver, BC
Destination airport:Edmonton, AB
Narrative:
The aircraft was involved in an accident. The aircraft ran into severe turbulence at 20000ft killing one passenger, landed safely at Edmonton.

Sources:

https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1249397
https://books.google.nl/books?id=AS9gAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Rocky+Mountain+House+plane&article_id=7208,1008986&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijleSBnvCKAxXb_7sIHbksK2wQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=Rocky%20Mountain%20House%20plane&f=false

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

10 April 1973 G-AXOP Invicta International Airways 108 15 km S of Basel/Mulhouse Airport (BSL) w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Jan-2025 14:04 Cobar Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
12-Jan-2025 14:04 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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