Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Lake LA-250 Renegade, Canadian registration C-GZLC: Accident occurred October 16, 2012 in Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada

NTSB Identification: CEN13WA014
 14 CFR Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Accident occurred Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft: LAKE 250, registration: C-GZLC
Injuries: 3 Fatal,1 Serious.

The foreign authority was the source of this information.

On October 16, 2012, about 1930 central daylight time, a Lake model 250, Canadian registration C-GZLC, impacted terrain during approach near Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. A third passenger was seriously injured.

The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of the Canada.

Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:

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L'une des victimes, Michel Nadeau, chef instructeur et propriétaire de Nadeau Air Service
 (Photo gracieuseté)

 
Yannick Fournier, une autre victime de l'écrasement
photo: Agence QMI

Trois résidents de la région de Trois-Rivières ont perdu la vie mardi soir dans un accident d'avion à Pickle Lake, dans le Nord de l'Ontario.

Il s'agit de Michel Nadeau, le propriétaire de Nadeau Air Service, de l'un de ses mécaniciens, Bernard Mailloux, ainsi que de Yannick Fournier, l'un des propriétaires des restaurants Maman Fournier, selon les familles de MM. Nadeau et Fournier et des amis respectifs.

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 Google translation;

Three residents of Trois-Rivières were killed Tuesday night in a plane crash in Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario.


This is Michel Nadeau, owner of Nadeau Air Service, one of his mechanics, Bernard Mailloux and Yannick Fournier, one of the owners of restaurants Mom Fournier, according to the families of MM. Nadeau and Fournier and respective friends.

The fourth occupant of the unit, Jean Fournier, Yannick's uncle, for his part, survived the crash. He suffered minor injuries and was airlifted to hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

"It was a shock to everyone here, we are not able to speak," said Ginette, the sister of CEO Nadeau Air Sercice, Linda Nadeau, who has just lost her husband. She told QMI Agency that the company did not comment.

According to our information, Jean Fournier had just bought the plane in the West and asked Michel Nadeau and his mechanic to accompany him to bring the aircraft to Trois-Rivières. This is also Mr. Nadeau was flying the aircraft.

About nephew Yannick Fournier, his uncle asked him to serve as an interpreter during the transaction. The latter was 27 years old and was the father of two children.

According to a preliminary report from Transport Canada, the pilot transmitted a radio message moments before the accident. He mentioned that the aircraft was about to land on runway 27 at the airport of Pickle Lake. Everything seemed normal. The pilot reported no in-flight emergency. It was 7:28 p.m..

Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft in a descent angle "very strong." Less than four minutes later, the air traffic controller based in Thunder Bay, attempted to communicate with the driver again to confirm that it was well placed. He did not answer.


Rescue teams parachuted


Moments later, the signal of a emergency beacon, called "ELT" resounded around the airport.

A Hercules and Griffon helicopters from CFB Trenton were immediately dispatched. It is ultimately the Hercules aircraft that spotted the crash site, less than three miles east of the airport, "an area of dense forest" according to the police, about 500 km north of Thunder Bay, Ontario, about 700 kilometers northeast of Winnipeg.

Places being inaccessible, technical search and rescue had to be dropped to access the device.

The military has placed the sole survivor aboard the Hercules aircraft to evacuate to Winnipeg. The cause of the crash was unknown Wednesday afternoon.

The Bureau of Transportation Safety in turn sent two investigators. Loss of visual reference in the darkness, a mechanical failure or breakdown dry assumptions are explored.

The aircraft, a Lake Amphibian 250, was manufactured in 1989 and until recently belonged to a resident of Airdrie, Alberta. Michel Nadeau was an experienced pilot who had approximately 19,000 flight hours.


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Three people died in a plane crash just south of the community of Pickle Lake in northwestern Ontario last evening.

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said the crash of the small craft happened Tuesday night nearly three kilometres past the end of the runway during a landing attempt.

The plane ended up in densely wooded area four kilometres south of Pickle Lake.

One of the four people aboard survived. That person has been airlifted to hospital in Winnipeg for treatment of minor injuries.

The identities of the people have yet to be released.

Pickle Lake Mayor Roy Hoffman said he was told at about 8 p.m. that an ELT (emergency locator transmitter) had gone off.

At about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, he received a call from the fire department that searchers were dispatched to look for the plane.

“And at that time, there was a Hercules aircraft circling Pickle Lake, dropping flares a little bit east of Pickle. I got up and went out, and sure enough they had found the plane," Hoffman said.

Guided by information from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) aircraft, Ontario Provincial Police officers and Nishnawbe-Aski officers entered the area on foot and found the plane.

Members with the JRCC parachuted into the site to assist with extrication and medical attention.

"The wreckage is actually in pretty bad shape, so I can't even determine whether it was a single engine or twin engine," Hoffman said.

The TSB said the plane was being tranferred to new owners in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec from Airdrie, Alberta.

Pickle Lake is 530 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.

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