Hard landing Incident Avro 616 Avian IVM CF-CDG,
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Date:Sunday 15 August 1937
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AVIN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 616 Avian IVM
Owner/operator:Cape Breton Flying Club
Registration: CF-CDG
MSN: R3/CN/307
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sydney, Nova Scotia -   Canada
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY/CYQY)
Destination airport:Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY/CYQY)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Avro 616 Avian IVM: No UK C of A issued. Assembled by Ottawa Car Manufacturing Co., after arrival from UK. To RCAF as 126; taken on charge 7.4.30. Struck off charge 27.1.32. Registered as CF-CDG [C of R 1053] to Dept of National Defence; operated by Cape Breton Flying Club, Sydney, Nova Scotia. Re-registered 15.4.37 to Cape Breton Flying Club.

Written off in a hard landing at Sydney, Nova Scotia 15.8.37 when operated by a student pilot; not repaired

Sources:

1. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/Civil_prewar_2.htm
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/83-register-canada-cf-b
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jan-2014 13:33 Dr. John Smith Added

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