Accident Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser C-GTUE, Saturday 2 December 2017
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Date:Saturday 2 December 2017
Time:c. 14:42
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA12 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: C-GTUE
MSN: 12-1560
Year of manufacture:1947
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL), ON -   Canada
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Sioux Lookout Airport, ON (YXL/CYXL)
Destination airport:Sioux Lookout Airport, ON (YXL/CYXL)
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A privately registered Piper PA-12 aircraft was conducting a local flight at Sioux Lookout, ON (CYXL) with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. During a stop-and-go landing on Runway 34, the aircraft veered to the right. The aircraft struck a snowbank and came to rest, upside down, approximately 100 feet south of Taxiway Alpha and 30 feet east of the runway. The occupants were uninjured. The aircraft sustained damage to the engine, propeller, right wing, rudder, windshield, and tailwheel.

Sources:

http://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/light-plane-goes-down-at-sioux-lookout-airport/article_f2477b82-d93c-11e7-b923-67fe5a6a9784.html
https://www.kenoraonline.com/local/plane-flips-in-sioux-lookout

TSB Report#A17C0143

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Dec-2017 01:13 Geno Added
17-Dec-2021 10:35 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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