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| Date: | Monday 26 June 1961 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Ontario Provincial Air Service (OPAS) |
| Registration: | CF-ODT |
| MSN: | 218 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dogtooth Lake, Ontario -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a water dropping mission over a forest fire, whilst positioning to pick up water a wing touched the lake surface during a turn. Despite trying to power away. the pilot lost control of his aircraft which collided with trees and then struck the water in a nose down attitude. The pilot escaped to the shore and the aircraft was only partly salvaged.
Sources:
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=4546402
https://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_218.html
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