pelmet wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 6:33 am
From TSB via Google Translate....
C-GQBE, a Viking Air Limited CL215-6B11 (CL-415) operated by the Government Air Service under call sign QUE243 and carrying two flight crew members, was conducting a forest fire suppression flight under visual flight rules to and from La Grande Rivière, QC (CYGL). Upon arriving at the lake for scooping operations, both QUE243 and QUE245 circled the lake twice to check for obstacles. As conditions appeared clear, both CL-415s proceeded to scoop water. During the eighth scooping run, just as the aircraft was lifting off the water, it struck a rock. Once airborne, the crew noticed the tanks were draining. The crew observed no other anomalies. After the tanks had emptied, the crew inspected the lake again; after two more circuits, they spotted a rock that had been difficult to see because sunlight reflecting off the water gave it a reddish hue, the water itself was reddish in tone, and the rock blended into the surroundings. QUE243 returned to CYGL without declaring an emergency. The aircraft will be ferried to CYQB under a flight permit for repairs.
Hmmm, Quebec is kinda the varsity team at this ( apologies to Ontario ) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
They might be one of the OG’s but they are absolute cowboys. I’m really not surprised this happened just like I wasn’t surprised when they could have very well lost a piston 215 when they hit power lines a couple of years ago. During a training flight no less!
pelmet wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 6:33 am
From TSB via Google Translate....
C-GQBE, a Viking Air Limited CL215-6B11 (CL-415) operated by the Government Air Service under call sign QUE243 and carrying two flight crew members, was conducting a forest fire suppression flight under visual flight rules to and from La Grande Rivière, QC (CYGL). Upon arriving at the lake for scooping operations, both QUE243 and QUE245 circled the lake twice to check for obstacles. As conditions appeared clear, both CL-415s proceeded to scoop water. During the eighth scooping run, just as the aircraft was lifting off the water, it struck a rock. Once airborne, the crew noticed the tanks were draining. The crew observed no other anomalies. After the tanks had emptied, the crew inspected the lake again; after two more circuits, they spotted a rock that had been difficult to see because sunlight reflecting off the water gave it a reddish hue, the water itself was reddish in tone, and the rock blended into the surroundings. QUE243 returned to CYGL without declaring an emergency. The aircraft will be ferried to CYQB under a flight permit for repairs.
Hmmm, Quebec is kinda the varsity team at this ( apologies to Ontario ) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
They might be one of the OG’s but they are absolute cowboys. I’m really not surprised this happened just like I wasn’t surprised when they could have very well lost a piston 215 when they hit power lines a couple of years ago. During a training flight no less!
Varsity team? My ass.
TPC
Which province plane hit the power lines? It is not clear to me which province your comments are about.
Hmmm, Quebec is kinda the varsity team at this ( apologies to Ontario ) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
They might be one of the OG’s but they are absolute cowboys. I’m really not surprised this happened just like I wasn’t surprised when they could have very well lost a piston 215 when they hit power lines a couple of years ago. During a training flight no less!
Varsity team? My ass.
TPC
Which province plane hit the power lines? It is not clear to me which province your comments are about.
C-GHXD, a Cessna 208 floatplane operated by Bamaji Air Inc. was conducting a VFR flight from
Slate Falls, ON, to the Sioux Lookout Seaplane Base (CKA6), ON.
While taxiing into the dock area at CKA6 with its engine shutdown, C-GHXD collided with a parked
De Havilland DHC3T aircraft, registration C-FNWX. There were no injuries. Both aircraft sustained
damage to critical structures.
C-GOZP, an amphibious Cessna 185 operated by 634643 Alberta Ltd. (dba. Voyage Air), was
conducting a flight from Lac Île-à-la-Crosse Aerodrome (CJF3), SK, to Buffalo Narrows Seaplane
Base (CJB7), SK.
While conducting the takeoff run, the pilot observed that there was not enough room to complete
the takeoff and aborted the takeoff run. The aircraft came to rest in tall grass and approximately 3
feet of water on the shoreline. The pilot exited the aircraft, pushed the aircraft out of the tall grass,
and taxied to a nearby dock. There were no injuries and no damage to the aircraft.
C-GETP, a privately registered Cessna A185F on floats, was landing on Kushog Lake near
Minden, ON with the pilot as sole occupant. During the landing, the left float dug into the water and
the aircraft spun, causing a wingtip to dig into the water causing the aircraft to overturn. The pilot
had been wearing a 4-point seatbelt and was uninjured. He exited the aircraft without difficulty
through the door, which he had opened as the aircraft was overturning.
Not a floatplane but I wonder if glassy water conditions existed. I remember a guy from a nearby flying club many years ago that decided to impress his parents in a boat with a low fly by on the river. After he egressed from the crashed aircraft, his parents were nice enough to allow him to get onto the boat......
C-FVGH, a Cessna Aircraft Corporation C172H privately registered to Whistler Aviation Holdings
Limited, departed Squamish Municipal Airport (Don Patrick Field) (CYSE), BC, on a local
recreational flight, under visual flight rules, with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. At approximately
2045 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), the aircraft performed a pass approximately 35 to 40 feet above
the surface of Seagram Lake, BC, while travelling southbound. During the low level overflight of the
lake, the aircraft struck the surface of the lake for unknown reasons. After the aircraft struck the
water, both aircraft occupants were able to egress the aircraft. The aircraft sunk below the surface
of the water shortly thereafter. Both occupants were rescued and taken to hospital with serious
injuries.
The extent of the damage to the aircraft is unknown and recovery of the aircraft is pending.
pelmet wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2026 6:52 am
Not a floatplane but I wonder if glassy water conditions existed. I remember a guy from a nearby flying club many years ago that decided to impress his parents in a boat with a low fly by on the river. After he egressed from the crashed aircraft, his parents were nice enough to allow him to get onto the boat......
C-FVGH, a Cessna Aircraft Corporation C172H privately registered to Whistler Aviation Holdings
Limited, departed Squamish Municipal Airport (Don Patrick Field) (CYSE), BC, on a local
recreational flight, under visual flight rules, with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. At approximately
2045 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), the aircraft performed a pass approximately 35 to 40 feet above
the surface of Seagram Lake, BC, while travelling southbound. During the low level overflight of the
lake, the aircraft struck the surface of the lake for unknown reasons. After the aircraft struck the
water, both aircraft occupants were able to egress the aircraft. The aircraft sunk below the surface
of the water shortly thereafter. Both occupants were rescued and taken to hospital with serious
injuries.
The extent of the damage to the aircraft is unknown and recovery of the aircraft is pending.
pelmet wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2026 6:52 am
Not a floatplane but I wonder if glassy water conditions existed. I remember a guy from a nearby flying club many years ago that decided to impress his parents in a boat with a low fly by on the river. After he egressed from the crashed aircraft, his parents were nice enough to allow him to get onto the boat......
C-FVGH, a Cessna Aircraft Corporation C172H privately registered to Whistler Aviation Holdings
Limited, departed Squamish Municipal Airport (Don Patrick Field) (CYSE), BC, on a local
recreational flight, under visual flight rules, with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. At approximately
2045 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), the aircraft performed a pass approximately 35 to 40 feet above
the surface of Seagram Lake, BC, while travelling southbound. During the low level overflight of the
lake, the aircraft struck the surface of the lake for unknown reasons. After the aircraft struck the
water, both aircraft occupants were able to egress the aircraft. The aircraft sunk below the surface
of the water shortly thereafter. Both occupants were rescued and taken to hospital with serious
injuries.
The extent of the damage to the aircraft is unknown and recovery of the aircraft is pending.
....from TSB.
What a donkey… yeah I bet it was glassy
Not sure what you mean by your statement....but the recent crash in Ontario was exactly what I suggested for that 172 I was discussing abiut earlier on this thread.....
C-FOFZ, an amateur-built Cassutt Racer, was conducting a local VFR flight from Oshawa Executive Airport (CYOO), ON, with one pilot on board. The aircraft was reported missing on 14 August 2026, and search and rescue (SAR) efforts were initiated. On 16 August 2026, individuals fishing on Wolf Lake, ON, approximately 11 NM east-southeast of Muskoka Airport (CYQA), ON, reported seeing aircraft parts floating on the lake and washing ashore. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Trenton deployed SAR technicians, who confirmed that the debris was from C-FOFZ; however, the pilot and main wreckage were not located at that time. On 17 August 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) assumed responsibility for the search on Wolf Lake and deployed search equipment and a dive team. The main wreckage and pilot were subsequently located on the bottom of the lake at a depth of approximately 66 feet. Available information indicates that, during low-level flight over the glassy surface of the lake, the aircraft was in a right bank when the right-wing tip contacted the water at approximately 160 knots indicated airspeed. The aircraft then crashed into the lake. Following recovery, the aircraft was examined. Most of the left wing was missing, and the outboard section of the right wing was also missing. Both wooden propeller blades were broken near the hub, and the engine support structure was bent and fractured in several locations. The fuselage, tail, and cabin remained substantially intact, although several flight-control and structural tubes were broken. The aircraft was equipped with a 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT), with the selector in the “ARM” position. No ELT signal was detected. The pilot was wearing a four-point seat belt at the time of the occurrence; however, the seat belt was found unbuckled by the OPP dive team. The aircraft was being operated under a Special Certificate of Airworthiness — Amateur-built, which included limitations on aerobatic flight manoeuvres.
...from TSB.
And then there was this one.......
C-FHBH, a Prairie Helicopters Inc. Bell 206B float equipped helicopter, was contracted to support Natural Resources Canada personnel in conducting a lake sediment and water survey project and was operating from the Gamètì/Rae Lakes Airport (CYRA), NT. The operation involved moving between multiple lakes and performing water landings to allow consultants to collect water and sediment samples. Following the morning operations, the helicopter returned to CYRA for fuel and a short break. At approximately 1327 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) the helicopter and crew departed CYRA to a lake approximately 10.5 nm NNE of the airport to continue with the water survey project. At approximately 1430 MDT, during the approach to the 6th landing site of the afternoon, the helicopter impacted the lake surface, pitched forward and rolled over and became partially submerged. The lake surface was described as being smooth and glassy with light winds. The pilot and 2 passengers were able to egress from the helicopter and climbed onto the floating, upside down helicopter. Once out of the water, one of the passengers, who was un-injured, assessed the other 2 occupants and treated their minor injuries. At approximately 1700 MDT the occupants were rescued via boat by local residents of Gamètì, NT, where they were taken for medical assessment.
) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
