ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209545
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| Date: | Thursday 21 November 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic RC-3 SeaBee |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | CF-HPK |
| MSN: | 576 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lac Simon, Quebec -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lac du Diable (Devil's Lake) |
| Schryer lake | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot and three passengers plus a hunting dog lost in a snow squall
Body of dog found on lake shore
Plane wreckage found in 2007
Remains of pilot and two of passengers recovered & wreckage salvaged.
It took Ottawa resident Guy Morin and his team ten years of research to locate the wreck, which was more than 60 metres deep.
Its occupants were returning from a hunting trip in Mont-Tremblant Park. The aircraft was flying back and forth between Lac du Diable and Montpellier, in the Petite-Nation region.
Sources:
http://www.shipwreckworld.com/articles/lost-aircraft-found-after-50-years
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/374440/epave-lac-simon
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2018 05:46 | Nomann | Added |
| 19-Apr-2018 14:30 | Nooman | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2020 12:16 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn] |
| 21-Jun-2021 13:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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