Incident de Havilland Canada Beaver AL1 XP776,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65113
 
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Date:Sunday 29 December 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada Beaver AL1
Owner/operator:British Army Air Corps (AAC)
Registration: XP776
MSN: 1446
Year of manufacture:1960
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Bura -   Kenya
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Entered steep climb and stalled on take-off from a road after struck bush and lost tail wheel. Pilot Lt J.J. Rivers and three passengers were injured. Restored to C-GPAB in 2002.
Acquired by Atlantic Aircraft Salvage Ltd Nova Scotia 2002 -now flying again in Salt Lake city, Utah (2016)

Sources:

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. http://www.dhc-2.com/cn1446.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Jul-2011 14:37 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
13-Oct-2013 22:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
31-Jan-2014 11:23 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative]
06-May-2016 17:19 Anon. Updated [Narrative]

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