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A CT-114 Tutor plane rests against the perimeter fence at the North Peace Regional Airport in Fort St. John, B.C., following an Aug. 2 engine failure which investigators are blaming on an improperly assembled oil filter. (Quality Engineering Test Establishment) Investigators looking into the crash of a Canadian Forces Snowbirds airplane in early August found the cause was an improperly assembled oil filter that led to its engine failure. The aircraft, a CT-114 Tutor, was on its way back to Moose Jaw, Sask., on Aug. 2 from Fort St. John, B.C., as part of that city’s international air show, which was held in the last two days of July, according to the military investigator’s Sept. 21 report . When the pilot brought the landing gear up shortly after takeoff from the North Peace Regional Airport in Fort St. John, they heard a loud noise and the engine failed, according to the investigator’s report. The plane began decelerating and descended toward the runway, the report says. A defence source familiar with the crash but not authorized to speak publicly about it told CBC’s Murray Brewster shortly after the crash that the pilot was able to turn the jet around and […]
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