ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308425
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  NA (Noorduyn) AT-16 Harvard IIB |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | FE838 |
| MSN: | 14-572 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Joyner Island, Sharbot Lake ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Stn Kingston ON |
| RCAF Stn Kingston ON |
A Harvard IIB of RAF No. 31 Service Flying Training School (31 SFTS) departed RCAF Stn Kingston with an RAF instructor pilot and a Royal Navy student. The instructor and student were on a dual pilot navigation instruction flight. Witnesses saw the aircraft in a dive and then pull up at approximately 1000 feet. A large piece of the aircraft flew off followed by a smaller piece. The aircraft nosed down and impacted the dense bush on Joyner Island in Sharbot Lake, 61km (38mi) north of Kingston. Despite dangerous rescue efforts by local inhabitants on a partly frozen lake, both crew members, P/O Nicholas Winby and student A/LA Ivor Wilkin died in the crash.
Accident Investigation determined the pilot tried to recover from a dive at too low an altitude and put excessive strain on the main wing. The starboard wing had torn away from the centre section and fuselage attachment bolts.
Sources:
http://www.harvardsabove.ca/fliers-and-staff/
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=FE838
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Wilkin
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