C-FDDX (THE de Havilland AIRCRAFT OF CANADA LIMITED DHC-3)

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Safety history

October 13, 2022Accident
On 12 October 2022, the True North Airways Inc. de Havilland DHC-3 Otter aircraft on floats (registration C-FDDX, serial number 165) was conducting a visual flight rules flight, with 1 pilot on board, from Mistissini Water Aerodrome (CSE6), Quebec, to Pluto Lake, Quebec, where it would deliver cargo and pick up passengers.
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
3.1 Findings as to causes and contributing factors These are conditions, acts or safety deficiencies that were found to have caused or contributed to this occurrence. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records2 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

October 12, 2022Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-3 [OTTER] · Cybg - Bagotville - Bagotville · A22Q0122
C-FDDX, a De Havilland DHC-3T float aircraft operated by True North Airways Inc., was conducting a flight from Mistissini Water Aerodrome, QC (CSE6) to Lac Pluto, QC. While maneuvering for a landing, the aircraft struck the surface of the water. The passengers, who were waiting nearby, transported the pilot to a…
June 20, 1985Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-3 [OTTER] · Lil Vermillion L. · A85C0043
About 30 minutes after take-off, the float-equipped Otter suffered a partial power loss, and smoke began to pour out of the top of the engine cowling. The engine (Pratt and Whitney Rl340-SlHl-G) began to surge and a short time later seized. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing on a lake he had just…

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