ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23109
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| Date: | Sunday 8 July 2001 |
| Time: | 18:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury T.20 |
| Owner/operator: | Northwest Helicopters Inc |
| Registration: | N56SF |
| MSN: | 37733 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 mile E of Sarnia (Christ Hadfield) Airport, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Sarnia (Christ Hadfield) Airport (CYZR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft (N56SF) was participating in the Sarnia (Christ Hadfield) Airport (CYZR) airshow. The aircraft crashed approximately one mile east of the airport. One person (the pilot) fatally injured. Damage substantial. The aircraft is corporately-registered to Northwest Helicopters Inc. of White City, Oregon, U.S.A.
2001/07/12 Supplemental information from T.S.B. Initial Notification (#A01O0186): The owner/pilot of the Hawker Sea Fury Mark 20 aircraft was conducting low level VFR demonstration circuits for an air show at the Sarnia Regional Airport, (CYZR). The pilot had completed two passes down the ""show line"" on runway 32. The show pass was conducted at 300 feet AGL with the remainder of the circuit pattern flown at 500 feet AGL. On the third circuit, while the aircraft was turning right base, the pilot rolled into a steep banked turn (approximately 90 degrees). Once the aircraft attained approximately a 90 degree bank angle, the nose dropped and the aircraft continued to roll right to an inverted attitude and descended vertically to the ground. The aircraft struck the ground at an angle of approximately 80 degrees. The pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces.
Sources:
1. CADORS Query #2001O0724
2. T.S.B. Initial Notification (#A01O0186)
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=56SF
4. http://www.touchdown-aviation.com/flying-legends/plane/france--privately-owned/hawker-sea-fury-fb11-n56sf.php
5. http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregistry/fury-n56sf.html
6. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?1507-Sea-Fury-Crash
Images:
Hamilton Ontario Canada June 17, 2001
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Mar-2018 09:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2019 07:26 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
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