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Crash of a Cessna Crane I on Grosse Isle: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1941 at 1230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
7662
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Winnipeg - Winnipeg
MSN:
1105
YOM:
1941
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane had just been delivered from Cessna Aircraft and departed Winnipeg Airport on a local test flight, carrying three people, one pilot and two civilians. After takeoff, the airplane looped, rolled and crashed into ground in a vertical dive in Grosse Isle, about 22 km northwest of Winnipeg Airport. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O R. S. Dixon.
Passengers:
L. Malatka,
S. S. Muddeman.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined.
Final Report: