ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163326
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 June 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ontario Provincial Air Service |
| Registration: | CF-OAA |
| MSN: | 535 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Twin Lakes, Ontario, 6 km South West of Temagami -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Twin Lakes, Ontario |
| Sault Ste Marie, Ontario | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 535: DH.60X [Cirrus II engine #245] allocated to De Havilland South Africa with C of A 1311 issued 11.2.28 and allocated to J H Veasey, DH Agent in South Africa. Diverted from contract and delivered instead to DH in Canada; arrived DH Canada at Mount Dennis 30.3.28. Registered as G-CAJW [C of R 355] 27.4.28 to Leigh B Sheppard, Toronto; delivered 21.4.28 (as seaplane).
Crashed on take-off at Sturgeon River, Ontario 5.3.29 (pilot L.B. Sheppard). Rebuilt as DH.60M (using c/no 761) and fitted with Gipsy I engine. Re-registered CF-OAA [C of R 561] 23.2.29 to Ontario Provincial Air Service, Sault Ste Marie. Fitted with Gipsy II engine 31.5.34.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled and crashed on take-off from lake at Twin Lakes, Ontario 19.6.46. After liftoff from Twin Lakes, the single engine aircraft stalled and crashed into the lake. Both occupants escaped and were rescued while the aircraft was lost.
The Twin Lakes are a pair of lakes connected by a channel in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada, about 6 km (3.7 miles) southeast of the village of Temagami. They are individually named Upper Twin Lake and Lower Twin Lake.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
2. http://www.bushplane.com/opas-aircraft/histories-opas-dh60/
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-twin-lakes
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhanciXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Lakes_(Temagami)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 March 1929 | G-CAJW | Leigh B Sheppard | 0 | Sturgeon River, Toronto, Ontario | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2014 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Aug-2017 20:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2023 17:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Nature, Source, Narrative]] |
| 26-Sep-2023 01:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Nature, Source, Narrative]]] |
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