Ultralight crash near North Bay, Ontario, Canada

[Thalass]

Ottawa pilot dies in North Bay plane crash

 

I work at the North Bay airport these days, and live near the Trout Lake seaplane base. It's terrible to hear such news. Obviously the Canadian TSB investigators haven't released any findings yet, but I've heard from my colleagues that this aircraft had a heavy landing on a lake the day before the crash. It was parked overnight at the main airport (presumably for inspections) before the fateful flight.

 

This is all hearsay of course, but it gets my engineer's sphincter all bunched up to hear of something that might have been prevented if this alleged heavy landing contributed to "the wing fell off" as I heard. (and I don't know any more details so I could be full of it - you'd think the wing would come adrift on takeoff, not approach to landing)

 

I guess my point is to be diligent with these kinds of things.

 

 

[ave8rr]

Thanks for the post, are you able to mention aircraft type?

 

Condolences to family a nd friends.

 

 

[Birdseye]

Thanks for the post, are you able to mention aircraft type?Condolences to family a nd friends.

Type was stated in the linked article:

 

Quad City Challenger - Wikipedia