ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266993
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| Date: | Saturday 5 July 1958 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Cu-Nim Glider Club of Calgary |
| Registration: | CF-COH |
| MSN: | DHC.1395 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | W.A.Cook Airfield, near Pincher Creek, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | W.A. Cook Airfield, Pincher Creek, Alberta (WPC/CZPC) |
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth MSN DHC.1395; Ordered by USAAF as DeHavilland PT-24 42-1056; then to Lend-Lease as RAF serial FE192 (Neither taken up or applied to airframe) (Gipsy Major #85887): Delivered 27.1.42 and taken on charge by the RCAF as '1192' on 29.1.42. To 34 EFTS Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. To 19 EFTS Virden, Mantioba. Transferred to War Assets Corporation for onward sale 13.3.45; Had 1531:35 hours airframe time when struck off. To RCFCA. Fitted with Gipsy Major #85905.
Sold 2.11.45 and Canadian civil registered as CF-COH (C of R 5145/C of A 1646) 25.9.46 to Moose Jaw Flying Club, Moose Jaw. Sold 21.6.51 to A.W. Riddell, Calgary, Alberta. Fitted 8.51 with Gipsy Major #89452. Sold 3.8.51 and re-registered (C of R 10517) 21.8.51 to RCAF Soaring Club, Calgary, Alberta. Sold 22.11.54 and re-registered (C of R 14510) on 13.12.54 to Cu Nim Gliding Club of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. C of A lapsed 31.10.55; renewed 17.5.57.
Badly damaged near Pincher Creek, Alberta** 5.7.58 when glider towing; Crashed on a road immediately after take-off during glider towing. Pilot suffered injuries. Glider landed safely.
Sold 12.4.62 and re-registered (C of R 29323) 24.9.62 to M.R. Valpy, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Repaired and fitted in 8.62 with Gipsy Major #82970; C of A renewed 24.9.62. Sold 20.5.64 and re-registered 29.5.64 to Robert V. Robertson, Sherwood Park, Edmonton, Alberta (later Yellowknife, NWT).
Damaged when overturned on landing Edmonton, Alberta 17.7.64; repaired and C of A renewed 2.9.69. Damaged when hit fence following engine failure on take-off Yellowknife, NWT 19.7.70.
Reportedly on rebuild in 1986 by George Chivers, Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Sold to Scott Crosby, Sherwood Park 01.08.23 Being restored to flight condition.
**The reported crash location of Pincher Creek is a town in the southwest of Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, 101 km west of Lethbridge and 210 km south of Calgary, at approximate coordinates 49°29′10″N, 113°57′0″W. The Tiger Moth took off from W.A.Cook Airfield, later renamed Pincher Creek Airport (IATA: WPC, ICAO: CZPC) which is located 3.0 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 miles) northwest of Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.
Sources:
1. The Calgary Herald 7 July 1958, p.6
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pCan12.html
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_1150_1199_detailed.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://www.cunim.org/more-detail/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Diamond/Cu_Nim_Airport
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincher_Creek_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2021 13:58 | TB | Added |
| 24-Sep-2021 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Sep-2021 15:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
| 24-Sep-2021 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Aug-2023 06:20 | SCROSBY@PJPOWER.COM | Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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