Saint-Michel-des-Saints - La Pourvoirie des 100 Lacs - Lac Adonis

On January 13, 2000 at 10:30 AM, Saint-Michel-des-Saints - La Pourvoirie des 100 Lacs - Lac Adonis experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Cargair, with the event recorded near Lake Adonis Quebec.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The DHC-2 Mk. 1 skiplane, registration C-FIVA, serial number 515, with the pilot and five passengers on board, took off from the frozen surface of Lake Adonis, Quebec, on a pleasure flight under visual flight rules (VFR). The route had not been determined, but the flight was to last about 20 minutes. When the aircraft did not return, the search and rescue (SAR) service was advised. The aircraft was found crashed on a mountainside in a wooded area a little less than five km from its point of departure. The pilot and two passengers suffered fatal injuries. The other three passengers suffered serious injuries and hypothermia. The aircraft was destroyed by the force of the impact but did not catch fire. The five passenger, all from the same family, were originating from Marseille, France.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FIVA, MSN 515, year of manufacture 1953.