Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 22 MAY 1993 |
| Time: | 16:22 UTC |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Operator: | Loon Air |
| Registration: | C-GKPB |
| C/n / msn: | 274 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB (Canada) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB (CZVL), Canada |
| Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB (CZVL), Canada |
The DHC-3 Otter was being test-flown after re-assembly. After lifting off the runway it veered left, reaching a height of 75 feet. The left wing contacted the ground and the airplane crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» CADORS Number: 1993W0113
» DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter - a History / by Karl E. Hayes [UPDATE 3 Correct to 1 January 2008]
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Distance from Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB to Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB to Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport, AB as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
