Wollaston Lake - La Ronge

On January 8, 1986 at 01:00 PM, Wollaston Lake - La Ronge experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by RCMP - GRC Air Services, with the event recorded near Wollaston Lake Saskatchewan.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft departed the Welcome Bay ice strip at Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan. This was the second leg of a flight that originated at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. On board were two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pilots, another member of the force, and an inspector from the Saskatchewan Department of Public Works. Witnesses stated that the aircraft took off normally, levelled momentarily, then climbed steeply into cloud Moments later, they heard the engine noise increase abruptly, then decrease rapidly, followed by a sound similar to a backfire. When the aircraft reappeared, it was in a steep, nose down, right-wing-low attitude. It crashed on the ice, one mile north of Welcome Bay; all four occupants sustained fatal injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FMPQ, MSN 1604, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.1109°, -103.1579°.