Moose Jaw | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

While cruising at an altitude of 6,000 under IFR rules, the four engine aircraft collided with a RCAF North American T-6 Harvard registered 3309. Sole on board, the pilote just took off from Moose Jaw Airfield for a local training mission. Following the collision, both aircraft went out of control and dove into the ground. The Harvard crash on a golf course while the North Star crashed onto a house located in the suburb of Moose Jaw. The pilot of the Harvard was killed as well as all 35 occupants on board the TCAL aircraft and one people inside the house.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by the following factors:
- Failure on the part of the pilots of both aircraft to maintain a proper lookout, the onus of responsibility for keeping out of the way being with the Harvard aircraft as it had the other on its own right side.
- The Harvard aircraft in crossing the airway climbed through altitudes normally used by aircraft flying along the airway.
- The Board up to the present has been unable to determine whether the window post on the left side of the Canadair C4-1 aircraft hid the Harvard aircraft from view, but there are indications that this was possible.

Final Report:

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Moose Jaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

Operator:

Registration:

AS229

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw

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The crew was performing a training flight jointly with another AS.10 Oxford registered AS625 and carrying a crew of two as well. While cruising at an altitude of 1,200 feet, both aircraft collided in unknown circumstances. Out of control, they dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All four pilots were killed.
Crew (32nd SFTS):
LAC Svatopluk Malý, pilot,
LAC Alfred Charles Channon, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Moose Jaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

Operator:

Registration:

AS625

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw

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The crew was performing a training flight jointly with another AS.10 Oxford registered AS229 and carrying a crew of two as well. While cruising at an altitude of 1,200 feet, both aircraft collided in unknown circumstances. Out of control, they dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All four pilots were killed.
Crew (32nd SFTS):
F/O Benedikt Blatný, pilot,
P/O George Moffat Urwin, pilot.

Crash of a Fokker F14 in Bagot: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F14

Operator:

Registration:

CF-AIH

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Winnipeg – Moose Jaw

MSN:

1403

YOM:

1929

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En route from Winnipeg to Moose Jaw, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. He lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field, bursting into flames. A passenger was injured while both other occupants were killed.