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| Date: | Friday 6 January 2017 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: | Beaver RX-650 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-IDGS |
| MSN: | BRX6-0049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Belleisle Creek, NB -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Belleisle Creek |
| Belleisle Creek | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While taxiing for take off on the private snow covered runway, one of the skis caught on uneven ground, causing the aircraft to yaw, leave the runway and impact trees. The pilot was uninjured, but the plane sustained substantial damage.
Sources:
https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/story/49848957/plane-totalled-in-crash
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/belleisle-creek-man-plane-crash-1.3926017
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/C-IDGS.html
Media:
Doug Desruisseau walked away from his early-nineties model, ultra-light plane, that crashed in the woods yesterday. @CTVAtlantic pic.twitter.com/Kc3EcinAOx
— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) January 7, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2017 20:10 | peterj | Added |
| 07-Jan-2017 20:11 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 07-Jan-2017 20:52 | Geno | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 08-Jan-2017 10:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2017 10:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Plane category, ] |
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