Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 19 July 1955
Aircraft Type: Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Air Force – RCAF
Registration Number: 11095
Location: Fraser River, Vancouver, BC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Rescue helicopter rotorsRescue helicopter rotors
Category: Accident
A RCAF aircraft crashed in the Fraser River during takeoff from RCAF Station Vancouver, BC, resulting in the death of a medical staffer. A rescue helicopter struck the aircraft with whirling rotors.A RCAF aircraft crashed in the Fraser River during takeoff from RCAF Station Vancouver, BC, resulting in the death of a medical staffer. A rescue helicopter struck the aircraft with whirling rotors.
Description
The aircraft crashed in the Fraser River on take off from RCAF Station Vancouver, BC. An RCAF medical staffer was killed after the accident when struck by whirling rotors of a rescue helicopter.
Primary Cause
Whirl rotors of a rescue helicopter.Whirl rotors of a rescue helicopter.Share on:
