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| Date: | Thursday 14 August 2003 |
| Time: | 19:03 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-FCTU |
| MSN: | 32-453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Iroquois, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Iroquois, Ontario |
| Montreal | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Piper PA-32-260 aircraft, departed Iroquois, Ontario on a VFR flight to Montreal with one pilot and three passengers on board. The day was hot (estimated 31 degrees C) with a 5 knot wind from the southwest. The aircraft departed runway 23 and was observed to use the full length of the runway (2000 feet) to get airborne. It then entered a shallow climb. Approximately 150 metres from the end of the runway the left wing clipped a group of small trees at a height of approximately 2.5metres. The aircraft was then observed to enter a steep climb before stalling. The aircraft collided with the terrain in a steep nose down inverted attitude. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The remaining passenger was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged.
Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Aug-2020 16:26 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Aug-2020 16:27 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, ] |
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