1 Advanced Flying School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Flying Officer T W Clark (RCAF) had returned to base having just completed an efficiency check flight in Mitchell 3PT aircraft 5204, when upon disembarking from the aircraft, slipped and fell into the spinning left propeller. Seriously injured, Flying Officer Clark was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries before going into surgery. No other crew members were injured in this accident
Flying Officer Clark had also served in the RCAF during the Second World War