Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 JUN 1965 |
| Type: | Consolidated Canso A |
| Operator: | Newfoundland & Labrador Forestry Service |
| Registration: | CF-OFJ |
| C/n / msn: | CV-315 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Little Catalina Lake, NF (Canada) |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
A Consolidated Canso fire fighting plane was reportedly lost in an accident at Little Catalina Lake, NF, Canada. The airplane crashed while scooping water from the lake.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
