C-FBQJ
LeVitation LeVitation 4 · built 2004
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on July 19, 2022. No route data will appear.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2004 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FBQJ.
- February 24, 1976Accident
While descending to Yellowknife Airport, the pilot encountered whiteout conditions. The airplane went out of control and crashed in a wooded area located few km from the airfield. A passenger was injured while two other occupants were killed.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records2 on file
Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (July 19, 2022).
- July 19, 2022Accidentdestroyed
C-FBQJ, un LeVitation 4 sur flotteurs (constructeur amateur), effectuait un vol local selon les règles de vol à vue depuis le lac Lesage près de Nominingue, QC avec un pilote et 3 passagers à bord. Le pilote a effectué une approche au-dessus du lac Nominingue, QC en direction sud pour y effectuer un posé-décollé dans…
- October 6, 2005Accidentsubstantial damage
A05Q0186: In an attempt to check ceiling and weather, the pilot/owner of the LeVitation 4, homebuilt aircraft, registration C-FBQJ, took off from Lac L'oiseau for Chutes aux Outardes 2. Deciding weather was not good enough to continue to destination, the pilot turned on a very wide downwind to return to his hunting…
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. 2 TSB records predate the airframe built in 2004 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FBQJ.
- August 15, 1988Accidentsubstantial damage
As the helicopter was approaching a landing pad on the shore of a lake, in gusty wind conditions, the tail rotor struck the water 40 feet short of the landing pad, and the helicopter settled into the water. The pilot felt that the approach was too low and too slow and that he was slow to react to the deviation from…
- February 24, 1976Accidentsubstantial damage
When close-in on a straight-in approach to runway 14, the pilot requested a 360 deg turn to lose altitude. During this turn the right wing struck the surface and was torn off. The aircraft slid along the ground on its right side, struck a rock outcrop, and came to rest 350 ft from the point of initial impact…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).