Date:	Thursday 4 July 2013
Time:	13:45 LT
Type:	Cessna 182 Skylane
Owner/operator:	North-Way Chrysler Motors Ltd.
Registration:	C-FIUE
MSN:	33120
Year of manufacture:	1956
Engine model:	Teledyne Continental IO-550-F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	200 metres off Griffith Island, ON -   Canada
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Griffith Island Airstrip
Investigating agency:	TSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The privately registered Cessna 182 equipped with amphibious floats (registration C-FIUE, serial number 33120) had departed Makada Lake, Ontario, with the pilot and 1 passenger on board to pick up another passenger at Little Panache Lake, and then continued to Griffith Island, located in Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. One pilot and 2 passengers were on board. While conducting a visual approach to Runway 27 at Griffith Island, the aircraft aerodynamically stalled and collided with the water approximately 1000 feet southeast of the runway threshold. The accident occurred during daylight hours, at approximately 1345 Eastern Daylight Time. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces, and there were no survivors. The aircraft was equipped with an emergency locator transmitter, which activated. However, no signal was received due to submersion of the antenna.

Findings as to causes and contributing factors
1.The aircraft aerodynamically stalled, resulting in a loss of control at an altitude from which recovery was not possible.
2.The 2 front occupants did not survive due to the severity of the impact. The rear-seat passenger survived the impact, but did not exit the aircraft, and drowned.

Findings as to risk
1.If an aircraft is operated above its maximum gross weight, then there is an increased risk of stalling.
2.If an aircraft is operated without the required number of life vests on board, then there is an increased risk of fatality in the event of a survivable accident on water.
3.If an aircraft is operated with a passenger who is occupying a seat with improperly installed seat belts, then there is an increased risk of serious injury or fatality.

Other findings
1.The aircraft had undocumented major modifications. Neither the rear-seat modification nor the seat belt installation had been recorded in any of the aircraft's documentation.

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2013/07/04/float-plane-flips-at-griffith-island]
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2013/07/04/3-killed-in-ontario-float-plane-crash
https://globalnews.ca/news/695006/three-dead-in-ontario-float-plane-crash-in-georgian-bay/utm_source=facebook-twitter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=community
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2013/07/05/sudbury-three-killed-plane-cra...]
CADORS Number:2013O1812
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/current.asp]
http://www.timminspress.com/2013/07/04/plane-crashes-into-georgian-bay-with-three-men-on-board
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000579106.html
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2013/A13O0125/A13O0125.asp issued 10/9/14

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Jul-2013 19:18	harro	Added
04-Jul-2013 22:26	Geno	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
05-Jul-2013 08:40	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Source]
05-Jul-2013 08:44	peterj	Updated [Source]
05-Jul-2013 17:38	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage]
05-Jul-2013 19:42	Geno	Updated [Destination airport, Source]
06-Jul-2013 00:25	Geno	Updated [Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2013 13:28	Alpine Flight	Updated [Damage]
11-Sep-2014 16:26	Aerossurance	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]