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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 11007 |
| MSN: | CV-285 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km E of Tofino, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tofino Airport, BC (YAZ/CYAZ) |
| Tofino Airport, BC (YAZ/CYAZ) |
The RCAF Canso A took off from Tofino on a routine anti-submarine night patrol of the Canadian coastline. Shortly after taking off, the Cansos no.1 engine lost power, forcing the crew to attempt to return to the airfield. During a 180-degree turn the aircraft lost altitude. The pilot put the plane into a full stall and pancaked it into the bottom of a densely wooded hillside. The Canso crashed through a stand of heavy trees, eventually standing almost completely upright on its nose before falling back down and coming to rest. A fire erupted, but was immediately put out by crew members.
Sources:
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
National Post, 2 June 2014
Location
Images:
photo (c) Brian Grouhel; 5 km E of Tofino, BC; 19 May 2013
photo (c) Brian Grouhel; 5 km E of Tofino, BC; 19 May 2013
photo (c) Brian Grouhel; 5 km E of Tofino, BC; 19 May 2013
photo (c) Brian Grouhel; 5 km E of Tofino, BC; 19 May 2013
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