The plane appears to be a Stinson Reliant, a popular single-engine aircraft first manufactured in 1933
Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada farmer Shane Maze never heard the plane crash in his wheat field.
He was only alerted to the discovery hours later, when his uncle phoned him about the aircraft in the field located around 20 kilometres from his home.
Maze arrived just before the pilots hauled the plane away on Sunday, to find the upside-down wreckage — a surprising sight after eight years farming the land without incident.
The two people piloting the plane walked away unscathed after the crash, Maze later learned from his uncle, who spoke to them before they walked away from the crash and called for a ride to their home in Unity, about 45 kilometres north of Cut Knife.
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If the prop tips bend forward it means the engine is providing power to the prop. Prop tips bent back indicate the engine was not making power when the prop struck soil. This means they had an engine out emergency landing. Straight floats (no wheels) dug in and flipped over at which point the prop tips strike soil and bend back.
ReplyDeleteLooks dramatic, but no doubt that plane will fly again soon.
ReplyDeleteGood thing this was out in a field, they'll have this lovely bird flying again. Funny how they had just about finished extracting the plane before the owner of the farm showed up. I guess even civilian pilots know what 'bought the farm' means.
ReplyDeleteI showed the picture to a pilot friend. Said that plane is so valuable that each pontoon float is worth 50,000$, could be a million dollar airplane?
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