Pickle Lake - Kasabonika

On August 6, 1998 at 04:00 PM, Pickle Lake - Kasabonika experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Wasaya Airways, with the event recorded near Kasabonika Ontario.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Wasaya Airways Ltd. Flight 804, a Hawker Siddeley 748-2A, serial number 1750, landed at Kasabonika, Ontario, on a freight flight from Pickle Lake, Ontario. During the landing roll, the aircraft could not be stopped and overran the runway by about 450 feet. The captain, the first officer and one of the freight handlers suffered minor injuries; the other freight handler was not injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GTAD, MSN 1750, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.5224°, -88.6433°.