Wirestrike Accident Fokker Super Universal CF-AEX,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26104
 
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Date:Thursday 20 June 1929
Time:day
Type:Fokker Super Universal
Owner/operator:Canadian Vickers
Registration: CF-AEX
MSN: CV-134
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Verdun, Montreal, Quebec -   Canada
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Nun's Island, near Montreal, Quebec
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
20.6.1929: Written off (destroyed) when crashed at Verdun, Montreal, Quebec. The single engine aircraft was carrying a crew of two and a doctor. Hit high tension lines shortly after takeoff from Nun's Island and crashed in the waters of St. Lawrence river. Two pilots and a doctor died:
C S Caldwell (pilot) killed
Hon John Cyril Carnegie Jervis (pilot, aged 30) killed
Dr William Morris (Passenger) killed

Sources:

1. El Tiempo 21 June 1929, page 3
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-fokker-super-universal-montreal-3-killed
5. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article?id=97:register-canada-cf-a

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
13-Feb-2011 11:45 TB Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
18-Dec-2013 19:35 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Feb-2019 00:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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