De Havilland DHC-3 Otter crash, Sep 4, 1979 (6 killed), S...
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter accident on September 4, 1979 near Squaw Lake Quebec, Canada with 6 fatalities. Cause: The Otter pilot did not see the Cessna...
- Date: September 4, 1979
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
- Location: Squaw Lake Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The Otter pilot did not see the Cessna on approach and misread its radio call of landing intentions, so the two aircraft were on converging courses.
A Labrador Airways Otter on a floatplane operation to Squaw Lake collided with a Cessna 180 that was landing on the same lake. The Otter's left float struck the Cessna's right wing and cowling, and the Otter overturned and sank after touching down. The Cessna was damaged but stayed afloat and no one in it was injured.