# NTSB CEN11WA489: Cessna A185E, La Tuque, Canada, July 18, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 18, 2011, 15:09 local (19:09 UTC)
- Place: La Tuque, Canada
- Coordinates: 47.434722, -72.784164 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4347&lon=-72.7842&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81169
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11WA489
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81169/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81169
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11WA489

## Factual narrative

On July 18, 2011, at 1509 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 185E, Canadian registration C-FZNK, operated by Air Tamarac, crashed in the Bostonnais River, 15 kilometers north of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada, following a loss of engine power. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. One passenger received serious injuries and one passenger was fatally injured. The flight was being operated as a sightseeing flight. The flight originated from La Tuque, Quebec, Canada. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada. Any further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Canada.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FZNK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna A185E (E)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18501822
- Year built: 1970
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Air Tamarac
- Registered owner: Air Tamarac Inc.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 6, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81169. 13 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Investigation Authority (item 1, .PDF, 13 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40351598&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Investigation%20Authority-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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