Date: | Friday 16 May 2008 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3T/M601 Turbine Otter |
Owner/operator: | Adventure Air |
Registration: | C-GSUV |
MSN: | 376 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Engine model: | Walter M-601E-11 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lac du Bonnet, MB -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Lac du Bonnet (North) SPB, MB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The float-equipped DHC-3 Otter had just landed on the water at the Lac du Bonnet seaplane base, CJS9, when a gust of wind lifted the right wing. The left wing contacted the water and the aircraft overturned. The pilot and passenger were not injured. They evacuated the aircraft, and were picked up by a nearby boat.
Sources:
2 escape Lac du Bonnet plane crash (Winnipeg Free Press)
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