- Date
- August 17, 2018, 00:35 local (00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Simpson, Canada
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C-FNEQCessna U206
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98400
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 17, 2018, about 0035 Coordinated Universal Time, an amphibious float-equipped Cessna U206G airplane, C-FNEQ, nosed over while landing at Little Doctor Lake near Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada. Of the five souls onboard, the pilot and one passenger sustained minor injuries, and three passengers sustained fatal injuries. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is investigating the accident. As the State of Manufacture of the airplane and engine, the NTSB has designated a U.S. accredited representative to assist the TSB in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the TSB of Canada: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FNEQ
- Reported as
- Cessna U206 (G)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605036
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Simpson Air (1981) Limited
- Registered owner
- Simpson Air (1981) Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Fort Simpson
- Destination
- Fort Simpson