Gimli Industrial Park Airport - August 27, 1992

3 people were killed when a NewCal Aviation turbine-modified de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou they were aboard crashed seconds after takeoff. The cause was listed as failure to deactivate the plane's gust-lock control in the cockpit, which was interlocked into the throttles when the plane was powered by radial piston engines. This feature was defeated in the plane's conversion to turboprop.

The owner of the plane was on the ground filming while his son, a last-minute replacement, was one of three men killed in the crash.



The details of the crash are on page 6:

www.asasi.org/papers/2001/Four%20Unrelated%20Accidents.pdf

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