C-GAXL (Cyclone SUPER CYCLONE) — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

July 16, 2010AccidentHull loss
The float-equipped de Havilland Beaver DHC-2 Mk.I (registration number C-GAXL, serial number 1032), operated by Air Saguenay (1980) Inc., was flying under visual flight rules from Lac des Quatre to Lac Margane, Quebec, with 1 pilot and 5 passengers on board.
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver · 4 fatalities
Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. The pilot took off in weather conditions that were below the minimum for visual flight rules, and continued the flight in those conditions. 2. After a late decision to carry out a precautionary alighting, the pilot wound up in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

July 16, 2010Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-2 MK I · Lac Péribonca, 12 NM Wsw · 4 fatalities · A10Q0111
A10Q0111: Le De Havilland DHC2 Beaver, immatriculé C-GAXL exploité par Air Saguenay, a décollé du Lac des Quatre (Québec) à destination du Lac Morgane (Québec) pour effectuer un vol VFR. Un pilote et cinq passagers se trouvaient à son bord. Environ dix minutes après le décollage, le pilote a signalé son intention…

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. 1 TSB record predates the airframe built in 2005 and belongs to earlier aircraft that carried C-GAXL.

September 4, 1976Accident
DE Havilland DHC-2 MK I · Riverton · A76C0147
One passenger spontaneously decided to assist in the docking operation. He stepped too far forward and the propeller hit both arms.

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