ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145525
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 07-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | > 23:20 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5 Traveler |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | CF-RRO |
| C/n / msn: | AA5-0329 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ganaraska Forest, in the SW corner of Peterborough County, ONT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Aerodrome - CSB3 |
| Buttonville Municipal Airport - CYKZ |
Authorities were searching for three days to locate a Grumman American AA-5 Traveler that went missing on Monday 7 May 2012 during a flight from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Aerodrome - CSB3, Quebec to Buttonville Municipal Airport - CYKZ, near Toronto, Ontario.
The four seat AA-5, operated by a 61-year-old Quebec man, was last known to being in the Hastings area, east of Peterborough, Ontario, Monday night 7 may 2012 around 23:20 LT.
Search crews located the missing aircraft Thursday 10 May in the Ganaraska Forest, in the southwest corner of Peterborough County, Ontario.
Sadly the pilot was found dead in the wreckage.
Sources:
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120509/120509_missing_plane/20120509/?hub=CP24Home
http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/current.asp
http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/article/1351449--northumberland-opp-issue-second-plea-for-help-in-locating-plane
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120510/missing-plane-located-peterborough-120510/20120510/?hub=TorontoNewHome
http://www.martinsammodels.com/webpage/pages/Real%20Aviation/aircraft/aircraft/Grumman/AA-5/Private/CF-RRO/CF-RRO.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2012 06:59 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-May-2012 22:25 | vvvww | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 10-May-2012 05:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2012 17:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2012 16:37 | vvvww | Updated [Narrative] |
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