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Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 3CT |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 18122 |
MSN: | C-100/3/22 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lake Nipissing, near Nipissing Beach, ON -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario |
Destination airport: | RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The CF-100, operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit, was on a local training flight with a crew of two. The aircraft suddenly dived from 40,000 feet into Lake Nipissing near Nipissing Beach, resulting in the deaths of F/O R.F. Holland and P/O B. Luck. Hypoxia was considered as the cause of the accident.
Sources:
DCIEM No. 88-TR-16, May 1988 (Pg 32)
The Avro CF-100; Larry Milberry, Pg 35
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_18101_18150_detailed.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106500117/ronald-frank-holland https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121827234/bertrim-ira-luck Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Oct-2016 06:44 |
yukonjack |
Added |
21-Dec-2017 16:16 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source] |
07-Aug-2022 19:39 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |