Crash of a Cessna Crane I near Mehan: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 5, 1943 at 0045 LT
Operator:
Registration:
4000
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Yorkton - Yorkton
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Captain / Total hours on type:
138.00
Circumstances:
The pilot departed Yorkton Airfield on a night solo training flight. En route, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RCAF Cessna Crane registered 7742. His pilot was also engaged in a local solo training flight out from Yorkton. Following the midair collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed 5 km east of Mehan, northeast of Yorkton Airfield. Both airplanes were destroyed and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Lac Robert Thomas Creber, pilot.
Crew:
Lac Robert Thomas Creber, pilot.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.
Final Report:
