C-FBCG (Cessna Aircraft Company 182J) — accident record & aircraft history

Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on May 29, 1990. No route data will appear.

Safety history

May 29, 1990Accident
The Otter was on a diamond drill move from the Pelly Crossing Airport in the Yukon to a site 45 miles to the east. On board was 2,300 pounds of drill equipment, the pilot and one passenger. The aircraft’s weight with this load and fuel was just under the maximum authorized weight of 8,000 pounds.
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
The use of partial power for take-off and the retraction of the flaps prior to reaching a safe altitude and airspeed caused the aircraft to lose altitude and contact the trees during the climb out. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (May 29, 1990).

May 29, 1990Accidentdestroyed
DE Havilland DHC-3 [OTTER] · Pelly Crossing Airport · A90W0137
During climb out, the aircraft settled into trees, crashed and burned.

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).