Accident Avid Catalina C-GYZE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168079
 
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Date:Saturday 26 July 2014
Time:19:00
Type:Avid Catalina
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: C-GYZE
MSN: 101A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:NE of Nanaimo Airport (CYCD), Nanaimo, BC -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:CYCD
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted terrain at the Cottonwood Golf Course, northeast of the Nanaimo Airport (CYCD), Nanaimo, British Columbia. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard received fatal injuries.

Sources:

http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/two-longtime-friends-die-in-crash-of-small-plane-near-nanaimo-1.1262949
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/small-plane-crash-near-nanaimo-kills-2-1.2719492
http://globalnews.ca/news/1476335/2-people-dead-in-plane-crash-at-nanaimo-golf-course/
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.vancouversun.com/news/dead+after+plane+crash+Nanaimo+golf+course/10066406/story.html?__federated=1]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/current.asp]
https://ca.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CASN/conversations/messages/31371
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid_Catalina

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Jul-2014 05:53 Geno Added
27-Jul-2014 20:46 Geno Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Damage, Narrative]
28-Jul-2014 01:03 Geno Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
28-Jul-2014 01:05 Geno Updated [Registration, Narrative]

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