Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter CF-MPX,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306740
 
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Date:Friday 12 May 1961
Time:15:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Registration: CF-MPX
MSN: 280
Year of manufacture:1958
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:
Location:Norman Wells, Northwest Territories -   Canada
Phase: Landing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft had taken off and was landing on wheels. The parking brake had remained locked on. This caused the tail to tip up on landing with the propeller striking runway.

Sources:

https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Search?DataSource=Archives|FonAndCol&SearchIn_1=PartOfEn&SearchInText_1=1249395&num=100&start=0
https://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_280.html

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