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| Date: | Sunday 4 August 2019 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna A185E Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-GBUI |
| MSN: | 185-1320 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Upper Raft Lake, NE of Huntsville, Muskoka, ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Orillia Rama Regional Airport (CNJ4), Ontario |
| Upper Raft Lake, ON | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At approximately 12:25, a privately owned and operated float-equipped Cessna A185E aircraft departed for a daytime visual flight rules cross-country flight from runway 30, a hard surface runway at the Orillia Rama Regional Airport (CNJ4), Ontario. The pilot, 6 family members, and a dog were on board the aircraft bound for a cabin located on the west shore of Upper Raft Lake, Ontario, approximately 48 nautical miles north of CNJ4. The pilot had originally planned to make 2 separate flights; however, because of a previously planned family engagement, he decided to fly a single flight in order to save time.
The cruise portion of the 34-minute flight was flown at an altitude of approximately 2200 feet above sea level. At 12:59, the aircraft touched down on the water of Upper Raft Lake with the wheels in the down position and flipped over, coming to rest in an inverted position. The passengers sustained minor injuries from the impact and managed to egress from the right side of the aircraft. The pilot, however, did not egress the aircraft and subsequently drowned. The dog also drowned. The aircraft was equipped with an emergency locator transmitter which activated, but no signal was received.
The passengers, 1 adult and 5 children, climbed onto the aircraft’s floats. They paddled the aircraft to the east shore, tied it to a rock, and waited on shore for assistance. The family was unable to call for assistance because their mobile telephones were in the aircraft. They spent the night on the shore near the aircraft. At approximately 09:00 the following morning, another family member informed a seaplane operator at CNJ4 that the aircraft had not yet returned. The operator dispatched an aircraft and the seaplane was located at approximately 10:00 in Upper Raft Lake. Subsequently, the pilot landed to assist the survivors.
The flight information centre in London, Ontario, and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ontario, were then notified. Shortly after, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre dispatched 2 aircraft to the site. The survivors were airlifted to hospital.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.mymuskokanow.com/93080/one-dead-six-rescued-following-floatplane-crash/
http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=111251
https://muskoka411.com/start/one-dead-six-survive-plane-crash-on-upper-raft-lake/
https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/pilot-killed-in-floatplane-crash-near-huntsville-six-survive-1.4538168
https://thepeakfm.com/news/5729524/fatal-muskoka-plane-crash-upper-raft-lake/
https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=3586&rfr=ADet.aspx?id=3586&hs=N
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2019 22:28 | Geno | Added |
| 05-Aug-2019 22:31 | Geno | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2019 04:16 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2019 22:08 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2019 00:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2019 16:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2019 16:47 | LakeCountry | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2019 16:47 | harro | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-Aug-2019 16:43 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Apr-2020 19:31 | harro | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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