Crash on Lake Simcoe

[PilotDAR]

Not much detail yet, I heard it as a fire department call this aft. I've heard "ultralight".

https://www.orilliamatters.com/police-b ... ts-3546659

Our team is still out on the ice, so there'll be more report when they're back on shore, and the Chief meets with the media...

[waterdog]

Any more details on this accident?

[photofly]

https://www.orilliamatters.com/police-b ... ip-3547865
https://www.cp24.com/news/one-person-de ... -1.5348117

[PilotDAR]

I've been told who it was, a pilot local to the area, though his identity doesn't seem to have been publicly released yet. A fairly experienced pilot, who I have met a few times. The plane is completely burned, though it appears to have contacted the ice in a level attitude, as the pattern of the plane on the ice appears whole, and everything in the correct relative position.

[photofly]

What type was the aircraft?

[PilotDAR]

What type was the aircraft?

Media says:

In a press release, the TSB said it was a Fisher Super Koala Ultralight that collided with the ice surface

Which I also understand to be the type from another source...

[rookiepilot]

Ugh. Rest in peace....

[pelmet]

Some pictures of what this aircraft type is.

The initial picture in my mind when I read ultralight was the typical barebones American regulations type ultralight when in fact(as I should have known), the Canadian category can be much more 'robust' aircraft.......

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Fisher+S ... 80&bih=609

[waterdog]

News update from the crash retrieval, being reported as hitting the ice in a steep nose-down attitude. I can't help but wonder how an ultralight with a stall speed of <40mph and an open area of ice to land on ends up in this position.

Would it ever be nice to have a year in GA with no fatalities!

Condolences to the friends and family affected by this horrible accident, I am sure their lives changed forever.

https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId= ... wsource=em

[PilotDAR]

Pilot publicly identified:

https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-ne ... sh-3565493

I did not know him really well, just to chat, I'd landed into his home runway a few times. He had made a beautiful aviation home for himself. I'm sad for him...

[Blueontop]

Anyone thinking of a medical incident/incapacitation event causing this?

[photofly]

Yes. Clearly that's something to think about. But not knowing the pilot or the airplane in question it's speculative in the extreme.