Deer Lake - Red Lake

On October 15, 1999 at 12:25 PM, Deer Lake - Red Lake experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Wasaya Airways, with the event recorded near Ranger Lake Ontario.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While holding outside the control zone at Red Lake (YRL) pending a special VFR clearance, the pilot made a descending turn to avoid a flock of large birds. The right wing struck the water of Ranger Lake and the Cessna overturned. A military DHC-8 diverted to Red Lake and located the Cessna on the west side of Ranger Lake. The airplane was partially submerged and the pilot was on the wing. A floatplane (C-FVTU) subsequently picked up the pilot and returned him to Red Lake. The pilot suffered shoulder injuries, arm injuries, facial injuries and hypothermia.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FKSL, MSN 208B-0129, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.0671°, -93.5784°.