Roberval – Archer Lake

On July 13, 1957 at 12:00 AM, Roberval – Archer Lake experienced a crash involving Noorduyn Norseman, operated by Nordair, with the event recorded near Culotte Lake Quebec.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route to Archer Lake, north Quebec, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot decided to return to Roberval. Doing so, he completed a turn at low height when the airplane struck the water surface of the Culotte Lake and crashed. A passenger was killed while three other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-ILH, MSN 326, year of manufacture 1944.