pelmet wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 6:33 am
From TSB via Google Translate....
C-GQBE, a Viking Air Limited CL215-6B11 (CL-415) operated by the Government Air Service under call sign QUE243 and carrying two flight crew members, was conducting a forest fire suppression flight under visual flight rules to and from La Grande Rivière, QC (CYGL). Upon arriving at the lake for scooping operations, both QUE243 and QUE245 circled the lake twice to check for obstacles. As conditions appeared clear, both CL-415s proceeded to scoop water. During the eighth scooping run, just as the aircraft was lifting off the water, it struck a rock. Once airborne, the crew noticed the tanks were draining. The crew observed no other anomalies. After the tanks had emptied, the crew inspected the lake again; after two more circuits, they spotted a rock that had been difficult to see because sunlight reflecting off the water gave it a reddish hue, the water itself was reddish in tone, and the rock blended into the surroundings. QUE243 returned to CYGL without declaring an emergency. The aircraft will be ferried to CYQB under a flight permit for repairs.
Hmmm, Quebec is kinda the varsity team at this ( apologies to Ontario ) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
They might be one of the OG’s but they are absolute cowboys. I’m really not surprised this happened just like I wasn’t surprised when they could have very well lost a piston 215 when they hit power lines a couple of years ago. During a training flight no less!
pelmet wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 6:33 am
From TSB via Google Translate....
C-GQBE, a Viking Air Limited CL215-6B11 (CL-415) operated by the Government Air Service under call sign QUE243 and carrying two flight crew members, was conducting a forest fire suppression flight under visual flight rules to and from La Grande Rivière, QC (CYGL). Upon arriving at the lake for scooping operations, both QUE243 and QUE245 circled the lake twice to check for obstacles. As conditions appeared clear, both CL-415s proceeded to scoop water. During the eighth scooping run, just as the aircraft was lifting off the water, it struck a rock. Once airborne, the crew noticed the tanks were draining. The crew observed no other anomalies. After the tanks had emptied, the crew inspected the lake again; after two more circuits, they spotted a rock that had been difficult to see because sunlight reflecting off the water gave it a reddish hue, the water itself was reddish in tone, and the rock blended into the surroundings. QUE243 returned to CYGL without declaring an emergency. The aircraft will be ferried to CYQB under a flight permit for repairs.
Hmmm, Quebec is kinda the varsity team at this ( apologies to Ontario ) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
They might be one of the OG’s but they are absolute cowboys. I’m really not surprised this happened just like I wasn’t surprised when they could have very well lost a piston 215 when they hit power lines a couple of years ago. During a training flight no less!
Varsity team? My ass.
TPC
Which province plane hit the power lines? It is not clear to me which province your comments are about.
Hmmm, Quebec is kinda the varsity team at this ( apologies to Ontario ) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
They might be one of the OG’s but they are absolute cowboys. I’m really not surprised this happened just like I wasn’t surprised when they could have very well lost a piston 215 when they hit power lines a couple of years ago. During a training flight no less!
Varsity team? My ass.
TPC
Which province plane hit the power lines? It is not clear to me which province your comments are about.
C-GHXD, a Cessna 208 floatplane operated by Bamaji Air Inc. was conducting a VFR flight from
Slate Falls, ON, to the Sioux Lookout Seaplane Base (CKA6), ON.
While taxiing into the dock area at CKA6 with its engine shutdown, C-GHXD collided with a parked
De Havilland DHC3T aircraft, registration C-FNWX. There were no injuries. Both aircraft sustained
damage to critical structures.
C-GOZP, an amphibious Cessna 185 operated by 634643 Alberta Ltd. (dba. Voyage Air), was
conducting a flight from Lac Île-à-la-Crosse Aerodrome (CJF3), SK, to Buffalo Narrows Seaplane
Base (CJB7), SK.
While conducting the takeoff run, the pilot observed that there was not enough room to complete
the takeoff and aborted the takeoff run. The aircraft came to rest in tall grass and approximately 3
feet of water on the shoreline. The pilot exited the aircraft, pushed the aircraft out of the tall grass,
and taxied to a nearby dock. There were no injuries and no damage to the aircraft.
C-GETP, a privately registered Cessna A185F on floats, was landing on Kushog Lake near
Minden, ON with the pilot as sole occupant. During the landing, the left float dug into the water and
the aircraft spun, causing a wingtip to dig into the water causing the aircraft to overturn. The pilot
had been wearing a 4-point seatbelt and was uninjured. He exited the aircraft without difficulty
through the door, which he had opened as the aircraft was overturning.
Not a floatplane but I wonder if glassy water conditions existed. I remember a guy from a nearby flying club many years ago that decided to impress his parents in a boat with a low fly by on the river. After he egressed from the crashed aircraft, his parents were nice enough to allow him to get onto the boat......
C-FVGH, a Cessna Aircraft Corporation C172H privately registered to Whistler Aviation Holdings
Limited, departed Squamish Municipal Airport (Don Patrick Field) (CYSE), BC, on a local
recreational flight, under visual flight rules, with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. At approximately
2045 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), the aircraft performed a pass approximately 35 to 40 feet above
the surface of Seagram Lake, BC, while travelling southbound. During the low level overflight of the
lake, the aircraft struck the surface of the lake for unknown reasons. After the aircraft struck the
water, both aircraft occupants were able to egress the aircraft. The aircraft sunk below the surface
of the water shortly thereafter. Both occupants were rescued and taken to hospital with serious
injuries.
The extent of the damage to the aircraft is unknown and recovery of the aircraft is pending.
) not often that they’d miss spotting a rock on the scoop run.
