Villeneuve - Villeneuve

On May 22, 1993 at 09:22 AM, Villeneuve - Villeneuve experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Loon Air, with the event recorded near Villeneuve Alberta.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine aircraft was engaged in a post maintenance test flight, carrying one engineer and two pilots. Shortly after takeoff from Villeneuve Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft started to pitch up and down then lost height and crashed. The passenger was seriously injured while both pilots were killed, among them Billy Bourque, owner of Loon Air.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GKPB, MSN 274, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.6584°, -113.8115°.