ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329133
| Date: | Thursday 12 May 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3 (R4D-1) |
| Owner/operator: | Patricia Air Services |
| Registration: | C-FBKV |
| MSN: | 4441 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pickle Lake Airport, ON (YPL) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Pickle Lake Airport, ON (YPL/CYPL) |
Aircraft ditched and sank in Pickle Lake after experiencing an engine fire during the takeoff roll. The landing gear would not retract resulting in the aircraft nosing over and coming to rest inverted on the surface of the lake prior to sinking.
Sources:
Jon Bauer (E-mail, 9-9-2011)
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