Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Water Aerodrome

Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CBF8) is an aerodrome in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada.

Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Water Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorNorthern Rockies Lodge Ltd.
LocationMuncho Lake, British Columbia
Time zonePST (UTC−08:00)
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL2,681 ft / 817 m
Coordinates59°00′36″N 125°46′26″W
Map
CBF8 is located in British Columbia
CBF8
CBF8
Location in British Columbia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
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n/a n/a n/a Water

It is located on Muncho Lake, in Muncho Lake Provincial Park, 9 km (5.6 mi) north from the community of Muncho Lake.

Accidents and incidents
  • 8 July 2007, a Liard Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, registration C-FAWC took off from Muncho Lake for a flight to Prince George, British Columbia, crashing immediately after takeoff, killing one of the three passengers (from thermal burns). Piloting the aircraft were two crewmembers, who survived the crash. The takeoff was attempted from a 950-foot private airstrip across from the lodge instead of the more-appropriate 1,800-foot gravel strip one mile south. A video of the crash shows the aircraft struggling for altitude as its right wing hits the ground, followed by the plane's wing hitting a power pole, snagging its recently decommissioned power line, spinning clockwise and impacting trees, followed by a fire.[2][3]

References
  1. Nav Canada's Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 26 March 2020 to 0901Z 22 April 2021.
  2. "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 C-FAWC Muncho Lake-Mile 462 Water Aerodrome, BC".
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Twin Otter Crashes on Take Off in BC. YouTube.



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