Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane near Warman: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1942 at 1330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Cessna T-50 Bobcat (AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 & Crane)
Operator:
Registration:
7719
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Saskatoon - Saskatoon
MSN:
1162
YOM:
1941
Location:
Warman
Saskatchewan
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Captain / Total flying hours:
337
Captain / Total hours on type:
210.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
7
Circumstances:
The crew departed Saskatoon Airport on an instrument dual training flight. En route, the twin engine airplane entered a dive almost vertically and crashed into the ground some 2 km east of Warman, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Archibald Currie, flight instructor,
Lac Gordon Gray, pilot,
Lac Ernest Albert Seeds, pilot.
Probable cause:
Pilot's error when changing over from single engine flying to dual engine flying without making the necessary correction in his tabs.
Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane IA in Warman

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1942 at 2015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Cessna T-50 Bobcat (AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 & Crane)
Operator:
Registration:
FJ214
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Saskatoon - Saskatoon
MSN:
2415
YOM:
1942
Location:
Warman
Saskatchewan
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
332
Captain / Total hours on type:
192.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
144
Copilot / Total hours on type:
119
Circumstances:
The crew departed Saskatoon Airport on a local dual instruction exercise. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. In severe thunderstorm activity, both occupants bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed in an open field located in Warman, some 18 km northeast of Saskatoon Airport. Both pilots were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O R. W. Small, pilot,
Lac E. F. G. Burrowes, pilot.
Probable cause:
Aircraft abandoned by the crew in severe thunderstorm activity.
Final Report:

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Warman: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1929
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Saskatoon Aero Club
Registration:
G-CAKG
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Saskatoon - Saskatoon
MSN:
462
YOM:
1928
Location:
Warman
Saskatchewan
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Theodore Helps, sole on board, was performing a training flight out from Saskatoon Airport. Over the area of Warman, while performing a loop, a wing strut failed. The aircraft went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in an open field. The pilot was killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control following a wing strut failure.
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