CF-AKZ

On January 13, 1933 at 12:00 AM, CF-AKZ experienced a crash involving Fairchild 71, operated by Spencer-McDonough Air Transport, with the event recorded near Moose Lake Manitoba.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft was engaged in a taxi flight to Winnipeg, carrying three passengers and two crew members, among them an RCMP Police Officer and his prisoner. A blizzard and an early twilight forced the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. Upon landing on the frozen Moose Lake, one wing was ripped from the airplane that dashed madly on to destruction. The pilot William Spencer, owner of the Company, was killed while all four other occupants were injured. Crew: William A. Spencer, pilot, † W. L. Cooke, mechanic. Passengers: Cpl P. Greaves, RCMP Police Officer, John Robinson, prospector, Buster Whiteway, prisoner.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-AKZ, MSN 684, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.7043°, -100.3188°.