Incident de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide CF-BFP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222218
 
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Date:Thursday 5 July 1945
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH89 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:Canadian Pacific Airways
Registration: CF-BFP
MSN: 6374
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lake Walker, Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Quebec -   Canada
Phase: Standing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Lake Walker, Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Destination airport:
Narrative:
C/no. 6374: Floatplane shipped unassembled to Canada with no UK CofA issued. (2 x Gipsy Six engines#6727/6728). Registered as CF-BFP [C of R2297/A236] 23.8.38 to Quebec Airways Ltd, Montreal, Quebec Airways merged into Canadian Pacific Airways in 1942 but no formal ownership change registered.

Written off when port engine caught fire on start-up & aircraft destroyed by fire at Lake Walker, Quebec 5.7.45. [Lake Walker is a lake in Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality in the region of Côte-Nord, about 30 km northwest of Port-Cartier. at approximate Coordinates 50°18′N 67°09′W.]

Registration CF-BFP cancelled 6.7.45.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p063.html
3. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Canadian%20Pacific.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Walker

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2019 23:47 Dr. John Smith Added

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