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| Date: | Sunday 15 August 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| Owner/operator: | Cape Breton Flying Club |
| Registration: | CF-CDG |
| MSN: | R3/CN/307 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sydney, Nova Scotia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY/CYQY) |
| Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY/CYQY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2014 13:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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