ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82879
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 24-NOV-2010 |
| Time: | 1:45 p.m. |
| Type: | Amateur-built Cyclone 180 float plane |
| Operator: | Maheux, of Saint-André-Avellin, Quebec |
| Registration: | C-GBCB |
| C/n / msn: | 019 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mountain north of Gatineau -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
A pilot was killed when his small float plane crashed into a mountain north of Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday afternoon.
Rescuers reached the crash site on all-terrain vehicles, but the pilot died at the scene, Quebec provincial police said.
Witnesses in the area — near Highway 321 between Chénéville and Ripon, about 85 kilometres northeast of Ottawa — reported seeing the plane nosedive into the mountain and then catch fire about 1:45 p.m. ET.
Sources:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/11/24/ottawa-plane-missing-114.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Nov-2010 07:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Nov-2010 03:08 | bizjets101 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
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