Air transportation

The occurrence

On 30 July 2018, a Found Aircraft Canada FBA-2C1 aircraft equipped with floats, operated by Georgian Bay Airways, departed the Billy Bishop Water Aerodrome in Toronto, Ontario, destined for the Parry Sound Harbour. During low level maneuvering in the Lake Muskoka area, the aircraft struck the water, then cartwheeled and sank. The two occupants received minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed. The TSB is investigating.

Quad City Challenger II (advanced ultralight), C-IGKT
North Bay, Ontario, 14.3 nm E
30 July 2018

The occurrence

On 08 July 2018, a privately owned float-equipped Champion 7GC46.4981416 aircraft took off from Deer Lake, West Nipissing, Ontario with two persons on board. The aircraft was observed to be following the perimeter of the lake at low altitude when it pitched nose up and the wing dropped. The aircraft entered into a spin and impacted wooded terrain in a steep nose-down attitude. A fire erupted after the impact and both occupants were fatally injured.