ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86776
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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Date:22-AUG-2002
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Operator:Private
Registration: C-FYMB
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Minor
Location:Solitary Lake, Ontario -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub, C-FYMB, was departing from a minnow lake when the pilot noted insufficient takeoff distance remaining, and rejected takeoff. As the aircraft was slowing, it struck a beaver dam, and came to rest upright in a bog. The aircraft sustained damage to its left float attachments and the float bottoms. The pilot was not injured.

Sources:
CADORS 2002O1131


Revision history:

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