Stewart Lake - Salvesen Lake

On September 20, 1995 at 03:00 PM, Stewart Lake - Salvesen Lake experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Walsten Air Service, with the event recorded near Salvesen Lake Ontario.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine aircraft departed Stewart Lake, some 60 miles west of Dryden, on a charter flight to Salvesen Lake, carrying five anglers to a fishing camp. Upon landing on Salvesen Lake, the aircraft flipped over and became submerged. All six occupants were killed. It was reported that the landing was completed with a relative strong tailwind.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FGCV, MSN 2, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.3568°, -94.4421°.