ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306735
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1962 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | BC Yukon Air Service |
| Registration: | CF-HGY |
| MSN: | 601 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Virginia Falls, NT -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During take off the aircraft collided with a marked cable suspended across the river which tore off the vertical stabiliser and rudder causing the aircraft to crash.
Major damage to right wing, undercarriage, and empennage. 0
Sources:
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1249396
https://www.dhc-2.com/id510.htm
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