Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Water Aerodrome

Muncho Lake/Mile 462 Water Aerodrome
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CBF8
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Northern Rockies Lodge Ltd.
Location	Muncho Lake, British Columbia
Time zone	PST (UTC−08:00)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,681 ft / 817 m
Coordinates	59°00′36″N 125°46′26″W / 59.01000°N 125.77389°WCoordinates: 59°00′36″N 125°46′26″W / 59.01000°N 125.77389°W
Map
CBF8 Location in British Columbia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m n/a n/a n/a Water
Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement[1]

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

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 take off, killing one of the 3 passengers (from thermal burns). Piloting the aircraft were 2 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 7 March 2013 to 0901Z 3 April 2014
2. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070708-0
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLiZBsbWv-0