CF-KCF / Skyway/Conair #614 / Bu# 53554

Early History

United States Navy. TBM-3S. Construction number 3616.
Royal Canadian Navy. Avenger AS 3M. BOC: Aug. 19, 1952. SOC: July 5, 1960. Flew in Squadron VU 32.

Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC #614 CF-KCF 1961-69

Aerial Spray Program – NB
1961-1965 – No records, but very likely flew in NB for these years. 1966 – Pilot Sendra. 1967-1968 – Did not fly in NB.

Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, BC
#614 CF-KCF 1969-71

Aerial Spray Program – NB
1969 – Pilot Kydd. 1970, 1971 – Pilot Smith.

Fire Suppression – BC
1971 – Accident Badly damaged 8 Aug 1971 at Winfield, BC, after throttle linkage broke after take-off from Kelowna. Returned to Abbotsford but written off. [Robert M. Stitt, pers. comm.] Pilot Kenneth Barry Marsden was not injured. The accident card reads: “Shortly after take-off with a/c in a climb, [the] engine stopped abruptly. Attempts to restore power were unsuccessful so pilot dropped his load of fire retardant and carried out a wheels up landing in a field. Broken throttle linkage.”