ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162989
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| Date: | Monday 28 June 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| Owner/operator: | Cape Breton Flying Club |
| Registration: | CF-CAZ |
| MSN: | R3/CN/284 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reserve Mines, 6 miles ENE of Sydney, Nova Scotia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY/CYQY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 616 Avian IVM: No UK C of A issued. Registered CF-CAZ [C of R 681] 6.7.29 to Dept of National Defence; operated by Cape Breton Flying Club, Sydney, Nova Scotia. Registration lapsed 1.6.32 as "withdrawn from use"; renewed 26.1.34. Re-registered 15.4.37 to Cape Breton Flying Club (transfer of ownership upon sale by Dept of National Defence).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a heavy landing near Sydney*, Nova Scotia 28.6.37; not repaired.
(Probably crashed at Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport, (YQY/CYQY), which is located within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east north east of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the community of Reserve Mines).
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.rwrwalker.ca/civil_prewar_1.htm]l
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/83-register-canada-cf-b
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney/J.A._Douglas_McCurdy_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2014 03:50 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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