C-FIOD
Thunder Balloons Limited AX8-90 · built 1990
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1990 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FIOD.
- July 14, 1985AccidentHull loss
After takeoff from lake Helen, the pilot raised the flaps and reduced the speed when the aircraft stalled and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. Both occupants escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records
No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. 3 TSB records predate the airframe built in 1990 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FIOD.
- July 14, 1985Accidentdestroyed
A85Q0032: L'hydravion ayant a son bord le pilote, un passager, un groupe electrogene et divers materiaux de construction a decolle d'un lac de 10 000 pieds de longueur situe a une altitude de 500 pieds. L'appareil a quitte la surface de l'eau lorsqu'il etait approximativement au milieu du lac, puis a commence sa…
- April 5, 1979Accidentsubstantial damage
Le pilote transportait le materiel necessaire pour reparer un autre avion de la meme compagnie, dont le train gauche s'etait affaisse lors d'un atterrissage sur le lac trois jours auparavant. Lors de la course a l'atterrissage, le ski gauche de l'avion de secours a heurte un gros rocher et la jambe de train gauche…
- April 14, 1977Accidentsubstantial damage
Lors d'un decollage effectue sur une surface enneigee et accidentee, la vis fixant la contrefiche de l'atterrisseur droit au fuselage s'est rompue permettant au train de s'affaisser sous le fuselage a l'atterrissage. Des instructions du bulletin technique de la de havilland recommandant une inspection speciale de…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).