Date & Time:
Jul 18, 1987
Type of aircraft:
Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso)
Operator:
Government of Quebec
Registration:
C-FPQP
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lac-Caché - Lac-Caché
MSN:
CV-407
YOM:
1944
Flight number:
Tanker 16
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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. The pilot Benoît Samson was killed and the second was injured. The airplane was operated under callsign Tanker 16/Quebec 716.
