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| Date: | Sunday 23 June 2019 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: | Taylor J-2 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-FRDS |
| MSN: | 1531 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tobins Island, Lake Rosseau -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake Rosseau, ON |
| Lake Rosseau, ON | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A float-equipped, amateur-built Taylorcraft Cub J2 aircraft, departed from Lake Rosseau, ON for a local sightseeing flight with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. During the initial climb shortly after the departure, the engine (Teledyne Continental C-85-12F X) lost power. The pilot executed a forced landing into a treed area on Tobin Island, and the aircraft was substantially damaged. There were no injuries.
Sources:
https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/floatplane-crashes-on-tobins-island-on-lake-rosseau-1.4479156
https://www.mymuskokanow.com/91219/pilot-and-passenger-physically-unscathed-after-plane-crash/
TSB
Media:
A man and woman were able to walk away from a plane crash on Lake Rosseau over the weekend.https://t.co/6TuLTGSh0R pic.twitter.com/KOWU3Ftl3g
— Moose FM 99.5 (@moose995) 24 juin 2019
PLANE CRASH Float plane crashed on Tobin Island on Lake Rosseau in Muskoka north of Toronto. Both occupants climbed out of the aircraft on their own to seek medical attention. Injuries are said to be minor. pic.twitter.com/UQF2gNfjiD
— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) 23 juin 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2019 07:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Jun-2019 09:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 24-Jun-2019 19:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2019 19:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Jul-2019 16:23 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jul-2019 18:13 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
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