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Date: | Monday 17 April 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky CH-126 (H-34A) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 9631 |
MSN: | 58-161 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | NE Cold Lake, Alberta -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Primerose Lake Air Weapons Range |
Destination airport: | RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The 111 KU Detachment helicopter was transporting civilian construction workers from the Primerose Lake Air Weapons Range back to RCAF Station Cold Lake when the aircraft crashed due to engine failure. Three military and six construction workers were killed. The pilot survived.
Sources:
Winnipg Free Press, April 18, 1961
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_9601_9644_detailed1.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20121123090555/http://www.scramble.nl:80/milbase.htm ABC (Sevilla) 19 April 1961, p75
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jun-2012 10:58 |
TB |
Added |
11-Apr-2016 19:17 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
29-Dec-2016 07:19 |
yukonjack |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |