Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 1 March 1969
Aircraft Type: Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: Province de Qubec, opf. Ministerio del Interior
Registration Number: CF-PQI
Location: 60 km from Curic¢ –
ÿ Chile
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Canso water bomber crashed during fire fighting operations in sector Que¤es, approximately 60 km from Curic¢. Two Canso aircraft were involved, with pilot Gislaine Bouvin, mechanic Gerard Car¢n, and Captain de Bandada de Grupo 10 of the FACh Carlos Guerrero involved. The aircraft was severely damaged.A Canso water bomber crashed during fire fighting operations in sector Que¤es, approximately 60 km from Curic¢. Two Canso aircraft were involved, with pilot Gislaine Bouvin, mechanic Gerard Car¢n, and Captain de Bandada de Grupo 10 of the FACh Carlos Guerrero involved. The aircraft was severely damaged.
Description
The water bomber “Canso” of a group of the Canadian Government crashed during fire fighting operations in sector Que¤es, 60 km from Curic¢. Canadian pilot Gislaine Bouvin, mechanic Gerard Car¢n and Capit n de Bandada de Grupo 10 de la FACh Carlos Guerrero salvaged considerable injured. Aircraft destroyed. Note: two Province of Quebec Canso’s arrived 26 FEB 1968 at Los Cerillos for demonstration and operations from 1 APR 68.
Source of Information
http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/consolidated.pdfhttp://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/consolidated.pdfPrimary Cause
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