Seven Islands - Wabush

On April 1, 2007 at 07:00 AM, Seven Islands - Wabush experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, operated by Aéropro, with the event recorded near Grand Lac Germain Quebec.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft, operated by Aéropro, was on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from Sept-Îles, Quebec, to Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, took off around 0630 eastern daylight time. Shortly before 0700, the aircraft turned off its route and proceeded to Grand lac Germain to fly over the cottage of friends. Around 0700, the aircraft overflew the southeast bay of Grand lac Germain. The pilot then overflew a second time. The aircraft proceeded northeast and disappeared behind the trees. A few seconds later, the twin-engine aircraft crashed on the frozen surface of the lake. The pilot was fatally injured; the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FTIW, MSN 31-7752123, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2092°, -66.6677°.