Otter Accident at Camp Placer (C-FRWK)

Flight Details and Destination Conditions The aircraft, identified as an Otter, was operating a charter flight from its base at Chibougamau to Camp Placer, located 206 miles to the north-east. The destination featured a sand runway constructed on an esker, measuring 2,200 feet in length and 100 feet in width. The terrain on either side of the runway consisted of a 100-foot gradient with a thirty-degree slope. At the time of the incident, the wind speed was recorded at twenty knots. According to the operating manual, this wind speed exceeded the seven-knot cross-wind limitation for the aircraft under such conditions. During landing, when the tail wheel touched down, the Otter turned nose to the wind, left the runway, and came to rest at the bottom of the esker. The aircraft was destroyed in the accident.