Thunder Bay - Thunder Bay

On May 14, 1984 at 12:00 AM, Thunder Bay - Thunder Bay experienced a crash involving Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), operated by The Flying Fireman, with the event recorded near Thunder Bay Ontario.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Thunder Bay, while climbing, the right engine failed while the left engine lost power. The aircraft descended, struck obstacles and eventually crashed in a prairie. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GFFD, MSN CV-441, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.4236°, -89.2421°.