Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 12 November 1944
Aircraft Type: Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Air Force – RCAF
Registration Number: 11022
Location: Patricia Bay, BC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Canso aircraftCanso aircraft
Category: Accident
A Canso aircraft crashed into Patricia Bay, BC (now Victoria International) during an attempted landing attempt. The aircraft sank.A Canso aircraft crashed into Patricia Bay, BC (now Victoria International) during an attempted landing attempt. The aircraft sank.
Description
The Canso was with No. 3 OTU at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC (now Victoria International). It crashed into Patricia Bay while attempting to land and sank.
Source of Information
http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/index.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20130819092921/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=2814e474-1aeb-48ca-9926-e3df05812748http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/index.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20130819092921/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=2814e474-1aeb-48ca-9926-e3df05812748Primary Cause
Mechanical failure during landing attempt.Mechanical failure during landing attempt.Share on:
