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Crash of a Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso in Lac-Caché: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1987
Registration:
C-FPQP
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lac-Caché - Lac-Caché
MSN:
CV-407
YOM:
1944
Flight number:
Tanker 16
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training mission at Lac-Caché, consisting of touch-and-go and scooping maneuvers. For unknown reasons, the seaplane landed hard, overturned and sank. One pilot was killed and the second was injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver in Lac-Caché

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1982
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-GUWC
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
398
YOM:
1952
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Lac-Caché, while climbing to a height of 500 feet, the engine caught fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted to land on the icy lake. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
Engine fire during initial climb for unknown reasons.