Pickle Lake – Round Lake – Bearskin Lake – Big Trout Lake – Big Beaver House

On January 22, 1963 at 12:15 PM, Pickle Lake – Round Lake – Bearskin Lake – Big Trout Lake – Big Beaver House experienced a crash involving Noorduyn Norseman, operated by Transair Canada, with the event recorded near Pickle Lake Ontario.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft took off from Pickle Lake, Ontario on a flight to Round Lake, Bearskin Lake, Big Trout Lake and Big Beaver House. The type of flight and time of departure were not stated in the report. The aircraft did not arrive at any of the intermediate points nor at its destination. Nothing further was heard or seen of it until it was found on 30 May 1963 approximately 73 miles northwest of Pickle Lake (52° 24'N - 90°54'W). The investigation showed that break up of the left wing had occurred in flight prior to impact. The time of the accident was calculated to be 1215LT. The pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-BHW, MSN N29-11, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.4663°, -90.1972°.