Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 16 MAY 2008 |
| Time: | 19:00 UTC |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter |
| Operator: | Adventure Air |
| Registration: | C-GSUV ? |
| C/n / msn: | 376 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Engines: | 1 Walter M-601E-11 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Lac du Bonnet, MB (Canada) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The float-equipped DHC-3 Otter had just landed on the water at the Lac du Bonnet seaplane base, CJS9, when a gust of wind lifted the right wing. The left wing contacted the water and the aircraft overturned. The pilot and passenger were not injured. They evacuated the aircraft, and were picked up by a nearby boat.
Sources:
» 2 escape Lac du Bonnet plane crash (Winnipeg Free Press)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
