ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328508
| Date: | Tuesday 4 September 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Labrador Airways |
| Registration: | C-FFSU |
| MSN: | 194 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Squaw Lake, QC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
A DHC-3 Otter float plane (C-FFSU) and a Cessna 180 float plane (C-FHWR) were on converging courses towards the same seaplane base at Squaw Lake, near Schefferville, Canada. The Cessna overtook and passed the Otter on the right and then crossed in front to establish a right hand circuit to the lake. The pilot of the Cessna had transmitted his landing intentions, which were interpreted by the Otter pilot to mean a bay in front of the company's base.
He did not pay specific attention to the Cessna anymore, which had turned to the same converging approach course. Some four to five seconds after the Cessna had landed, the left float of the Otter struck the Cessna's right wing and cowling. The Otter continued 200 feet, overturned and sank.
The right wing and cowling of the Cessna were damaged, but the aircraft stayed afloat with no injuries.
Sources:
dhc-3archive.com
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