Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Saturday 28 September 2002 |
Time: | 11:35 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
Operator: | Deraps Aviation |
Registration: | C-FLGA |
MSN: | 279 |
First flight: | 1959 |
Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 105 km (65.6 mls) N of Natashquan, QC ( Canada)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Lake de l'Avion, QC, Canada |
Destination airport: | Aguanish River, QC, Canada |
Narrative:The DHC-3 Otter took off from Lake de l'Avion near Natashquan Airport at approximately 10:50 on a flight to a hunting camp 57 miles to the north along the Aguanish River. Upon arriving at the destination the aircraft flew over part of the neighbouring forest before crashing upside down on rugged ground.
Probable Cause:
FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: "Because of the geographic and weather conditions, the pilot probably had trouble judging his horizontal and vertical distance with respect to the mountain, and the aircraft crashed."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB Canada |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year | Accident number: | TSB Report A02Q0130 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
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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.