ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189226
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 May 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 3D |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 18118 |
| MSN: | C-100/3/18 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada |
| RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The CF-100, operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit, crashed off the end of the runway after takeoff at RCAF Cold Lake. The student pilot, F/O W. Maybe, ejected outside the envelope at 500 feet, but his parachute opened at tree top level and he survived. The instructor pilot, F/L J. Findlay, ejected too low and was killed.
Sources:
The Avro CF-100, Larry Milberry
http://web.archive.org/web/20150509161423/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadian_CF-100.htm
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_18101_18150_detailed.html
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002787?John%20Sewell%20Nesbitt%20Findlay
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2016 06:04 | yukonjack | Added |
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