Narrative:
Three aircraft were destroyed in a hangar fire at Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Seaplane Base, Canada. A generator in the hangar caught fire. Without power the operator was not able to open the hangar door. Aircraft destroyed were: C-GUGE Cessna A185F, C-GUDK DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1, C-GNNP DHC-3T Otter.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | 5 |
| Date: | Monday 17 January 2011 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter |
| Operator: | Liard Air |
| Registration: | C-GNNP |
| MSN: | 465 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Seaplane Base, BC ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Three aircraft were destroyed in a hangar fire at Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Seaplane Base, Canada. A generator in the hangar caught fire. Without power the operator was not able to open the hangar door. Aircraft destroyed were: C-GUGE Cessna A185F, C-GUDK DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1, C-GNNP DHC-3T Otter.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fireDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» CADORS nr. 2011P0106Photos
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