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| Date: | Monday 21 March 2022 |
| Time: | 17:16 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG |
| Owner/operator: | Brantford Flying Club |
| Registration: | C-GOFD |
| MSN: | 172RG0615 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-F1A6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Brantford Municipal Airport (CYFD), Brantford, ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brantford Municipal Airport, ON (CYFD) |
| Brantford Municipal Airport, ON (CYFD) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Cessna 172RG registered to the Brantford Flying Club, departed runway 29 at the Brantford Airport (CYFD), Ontario, at 17:09 for a local visual flight rules (VFR) flight. A licensed private pilot, who had rented the aircraft, was the sole occupant. After a brief flight to the west, the pilot returned and entered the circuit for runway 29. During final approach, the left wing of the aircraft struck a tree. The aircraft yawed significantly to the left and entered a spin before crashing in an adjacent field. The propeller was not turning at the time of impact. The pilot was fatally injured. There was no post-crash fire, and the ELT had been activated.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.cp24.com/news/one-person-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-in-brantford-1.5828811
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/one-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-in-brant-county-1.5828781
https://www.parisstaronline.com/news/local-news/tsb-called-in-to-investigate-plane-crash-in-brantford
TSB
https://live.staticflickr.com/1763/42310729154_e5b7dae091_4k.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 September 2002 | N6303V | Air Charter Express, Inc. | 0 | DEL MAR, California |  |
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Location
Images:
Photo: TSB Canada (by-nc-nd)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2022 03:58 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Mar-2022 05:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Mar-2022 10:18 | harro | Updated |
| 26-Mar-2022 05:54 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 11:45 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 11:47 | harro | Updated |
| 06-Apr-2022 11:48 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 11:49 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-May-2022 05:56 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2025 12:45 | ASN | Updated [Photo, ] |
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