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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1961 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
| Registration: | CF-MPX |
| MSN: | 280 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Norman Wells, Northwest Territories -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft had taken off and was landing on wheels. The parking brake had remained locked on. This caused the tail to tip up on landing with the propeller striking runway.
Sources:
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Search?DataSource=Archives|FonAndCol&SearchIn_1=PartOfEn&SearchInText_1=1249395&num=100&start=0
https://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_280.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 2000 | C-FMPX | Unknown | 0 | Diana Lake | |
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| 23 September 2000 | C-FMPX | Johnny May’s Air Charter | 0 | Diana Lake, QC | |
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