C-GAWM

On August 31, 2001 at 11:57 AM, C-GAWM experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by Air Wemindji, with the event recorded near La Grande Quebec.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 technical failure. Sole on board, the pilot was completing a positioning flight to La Grande-4 Airport. En route, while cruising at a relative low height, the pilot modified the position of the fuel selector when the engine stopped about five minutes later. He attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed 22 km north of La Grande, bursting into flames. The pilot escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GAWM, MSN 208-0196, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.6085°, -71.6702°.