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| Date: | Thursday 27 August 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N915WP |
| MSN: | C1/0790 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Lake Charles Regional Airport, LA (LCH/KLCH) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was parked inside a hangar. The hangar was destroyed by hurrican Laura. Two other aircraft where parked inside this hangar, one was Tiger Moth N113DH.
Sources:
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-27-nws-lake-charles-radar-destroyed-hurricane-laura
Location
Media:
Destroyed hangars and aircraft at #LCH airport. pic.twitter.com/hvXw0UZXZX
— Brett Adair (@AlaStormTracker) August 27, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2020 09:54 | Notarhelicopters | Added |
| 28-Aug-2020 09:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, ] |
| 28-Aug-2020 10:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Country, Embed code, ] |
| 28-Aug-2020 10:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Country, Embed code, ] |
| 28-Aug-2020 10:47 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 29-Aug-2020 21:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Embed code, ] |
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