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| Date: | Friday 2 May 2025 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | ETA Aviation & Cesar Camp du Nord Inc |
| Registration: | C-FYNT |
| MSN: | 1054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St-Basile Le-Grand, Richelieu River, QC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St-Basile Le-Grand, Richelieu River, QC |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The float-equipped DHC-2 crashed on take off from the Richelieu River and overturned.
The aircraft was making a local flight from the Richelieu River in front of the water aerodrome in St-Mathias, QC (CSV9) with 2 people on board. During the take-off, the aircraft lost control. The right wing separated on impact with the surface of the water and the aircraft overturned beneath the surface of the river. The pilot died and the other pilot suffered minor injuries. The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) did not activate.
On 2 May 2025, a De Havilland DHC-2 MK. I (Beaver) aircraft on floats, operated by ETA Aviation et César Camp du Nord Inc., was conducting a local flight from the Richelieu River in front of the Saint-Mathias Water Aerodrome (Quebec), with two people on board.
During the take-off roll, the pilot lost control of the aircraft during a roll before colliding with the river. The right wing detached on impact with the water, and the aircraft came to rest in an inverted position under the surface of the river. The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) did not activate.
The pilot was fatally injured, while the other passenger sustained minor injuries. The TSB is investigating.
Sources:
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/02/un-mort-dans-lecrasement-dun-hydravion-dans-la-riviere-richelieu
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/man-dead-plan-flips-1.7525421
https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/ca/FYNT
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/aviation/2025/a25q0051/a25q0051.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 2008 | C-FYNT | Club César (1993) | Parent, Quebec, 27 nm SW | |
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Media:
St-Basile_le-Grand, Richelieu river, QC,Canada,the float-equipped DHC-2T crashed on take off from the Richelieu River and overturned.https://t.co/3P1XmJaxpr
— Katarzyna Bielecka, ale nie ta (@KatarzynaB48711) May 3, 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
— Aerossurance (@aerossurance.bsky.social) May 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2025 05:16 | ava | Added |
| 03-May-2025 05:21 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2025 13:58 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2025 04:54 | 1470B | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-May-2025 10:41 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2025 10:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 27-May-2025 12:33 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2025 17:23 | Uisge | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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