Incident Luscombe 8F Silvaire Deluxe C-FFZA, Saturday 3 December 2011
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Date:Saturday 3 December 2011
Time:13:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic L8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Luscombe 8F Silvaire Deluxe
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: C-FFZA
MSN: S-52
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Smith Mill Pond, near 89 Oakland Road, Brantford, Ontario -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Smiths Mill Pond
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Luscombe 8F Silvaire float plane flipped over after it hit a piece of ice during takeoff from Smiths Mill Pond, near 89 Oakland Road, Brantford, Ontario.

The two people onboard were rescued with minor injuries.

Note:
According press reports there were two POB, CADORS reported four... Very rare, because the Luscombe 8F Silvaire is a TWO seater !

Sources:

CADORS #2011O3603
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/float-plane-flips-over-during-take-off-near-brantford-ont-1.735215
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3392912&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

https://abpic.co.uk/images/images/1315702F.jpg (photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Dec-2011 16:28 Alpine Flight Added
03-Dec-2011 19:02 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative, ]
03-Dec-2011 19:02 RobertMB Updated [Narrative, ]
04-Dec-2011 01:04 Alpine Flight Updated [Phase, Destination airport, ]
04-Dec-2011 05:33 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative, ]
04-Dec-2011 06:03 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, ]
04-Dec-2011 06:47 RobertMB Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Dec-2011 17:47 RobertMB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
15-May-2022 04:10 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]

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