Winnipeg - Oxford House

On June 24, 1972 at 04:30 PM, Winnipeg - Oxford House experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by Ilford Riverton Airways, with the event recorded near Winnipeg Manitoba.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Winnipeg Airport runway 13, while climbing to a height of about 100 feet, the twin engine airplane banked right then stalled and crashed in flames onto two houses located in 426 & 430 Linwood Street, about one km south of the end of runway 13. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all nine occupants were killed, among them seven students returning home. Despite both houses were destroyed, nobody on the ground was wounded. According to eyewitnesses, both engines were not running properly prior to the loss of control.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-IRY, MSN A-259, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.8010°, -97.1946°.