| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1970 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Barringer Research Inc. |
| Registration: | N610FF |
| MSN: | CV-399 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI (RHI) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI (RHI/KRHI) |
| Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI (RHI/KRHI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Canso flying boat (a.k.a. Catalina) took off for a flight to test mineral research equipment. The aircraft departed with 50% frost accumulation on the airframe, stalled and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
miscellaneous acts, conditions - airframe ice
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
The Warbirds Resource Group (warbirdregistry.org)
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Peter Mitchell; Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI (RHI); 01 November 1970
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