Floatplane Incident in Sask Wheat Field

[pelmet]

Beautiful aircraft.....sad to see.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/fl ... -dhp-feeds

[J31]

https://www.bushplane.com/index.php?id= ... s-reliant/

Stinson SR9 CF-OAW was built in 1937 for Ontario Provincial Air Service. Sad to see her damaged.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/237012

Following a loss of engine power, the float-equipped Stinson Reliant force landed to open farm field terrain near Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada. The vintage airplane came to the rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage, and the two occupants onboard were not injured.

[PilotDAR]

'Makes me think back to when I was checked out on the Bell 206 on floats. The float supplement for the helicopter actually said "avoid flight over land". The check pilot explained to me that an autorotation landing on floats on land would likely result in a rollover. I've only landed once floats on wet grass, Cessna 180, it seemed to work, but did not seem normal, so I did not repeat...

[pelmet]

C-FOAW, a privately registered Stinson SR9FM float-equipped aircraft, was taking off from an
unnamed lake located 2 kms north of Unity, Saskatchewan with the pilot and 1 passenger on
board. During the initial climb at approximately 300 ASL, the engine (P&W R985) power began to
degrade and the aircraft could no longer climb. The pilot then maintained an easterly heading to try
and assess the issue. The aircraft began loosing altitude and the pilot began a forced landing
procedure. The aircraft landed in a farm field approximately 6 Kms NE of Unity, Saskatchewan and
flipped over onto its back. Both occupants evacuated the aircraft without injury and the aircraft
sustained substantial damage. The engine was never shutdown.

[Spandau]

That airplane used to belong to Ptarmigan Airways in Yellowknife a long, long time ago.

[J31]

C-FOAW, a privately registered Stinson SR9FM float-equipped aircraft, was taking off from an
unnamed lake located 2 kms north of Unity, Saskatchewan with the pilot and 1 passenger on
board. During the initial climb at approximately 300 ASL, the engine (P&W R985) power began to
degrade and the aircraft could no longer climb. The pilot then maintained an easterly heading to try
and assess the issue. The aircraft began loosing altitude and the pilot began a forced landing
procedure. The aircraft landed in a farm field approximately 6 Kms NE of Unity, Saskatchewan and
flipped over onto its back. Both occupants evacuated the aircraft without injury and the aircraft
sustained substantial damage. The engine was never shutdown.

CADORS Number:2020C1938

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ ... d2020C1938

[AntiNakedMan]

I saw the twitter post on this from the farmer whose field it ended up in. Apparently the plane was being rebuilt and this was a test flight.

At night.

On floats.

I’m interested to read an eventual report on this...

[Heliian]

Cadors says 0505z, if that's accurate then this accident was inevitable.

[jakeandelwood]

C-FOAW, a privately registered Stinson SR9FM float-equipped aircraft, was taking off from an
unnamed lake located 2 kms north of Unity, Saskatchewan with the pilot and 1 passenger on
board. During the initial climb at approximately 300 ASL, the engine (P&W R985) power began to
degrade and the aircraft could no longer climb. The pilot then maintained an easterly heading to try
and assess the issue. The aircraft began loosing altitude and the pilot began a forced landing
procedure. The aircraft landed in a farm field approximately 6 Kms NE of Unity, Saskatchewan and
flipped over onto its back. Both occupants evacuated the aircraft without injury and the aircraft
sustained substantial damage. The engine was never shutdown.

CADORS Number:2020C1938

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ ... d2020C1938

Owned by RD Trucking, looks like "the rubber duck ran out of luck" as the song goes.