| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1995 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Walsten Air Service |
| Registration: | C-FGCV |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salvesen Lake, ON -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A DHC-3 Otter crashed while landing at Salvesen Lake. Witnesses describe the aircraft as making a normal approach until about 200-300 feet above the lake when it appeared to nose over and crash into the water.
The aircraft likely stalled during the final approach to an attempted landing at an altitude from which recovery was not possible
Sources:
CADORS Number: 1995C0347
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1960 | CF-GCV | Wheeler Airlines | 0 | Resolution Island | |
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