ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329161
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| Date: | Monday 11 April 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Superior Airways |
| Registration: | CF-XXT |
| MSN: | 27212/15767 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wunnummin Lake Airport, ON (WNN) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Wunnummin Lake Airport, ON (WNN) |
Takeoff from the ice strip was rejected. The pilot deliberately ground looped the aircraft in an attempt to avoid a weak spot of ice. The undercarriage collapsed.
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photo (c) Alfred Wittwer, via Werner Fischdick; Thunder Bay Airport, ON (YQT); July 1975
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