De Havilland DHC-3 Otter crash, Jan 7, 1968, Memphrémagog...
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter accident on January 7, 1968 near Memphrémagog Lake Quebec, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Ice only about four inches thick,...
- Date: January 7, 1968
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
- Location: Memphrémagog Lake Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Ice only about four inches thick, and its adequacy had not been confirmed before the ski landing
The RCAF Otter was on a navigation training cross country flight from St Hubert, and the crew were practising ski landings on Lake Memphremagog when one ski broke through the ice. The ice gave way, the aircraft sank, and both crew members escaped.