De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Jan 13, 2000 (3 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on January 13, 2000 near Lake Adonis, Quebec, Canada with 3 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft probably stalled at low...
- Date: January 13, 2000
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Lake Adonis, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft probably stalled at low altitude with insufficient height for recovery, while the pilot likely used cutback power on the climb over rising terrain. The TSB also cited optical illusions in low-level flight, lack of a stall warning system, and a late rescue due to the aircraft blending into the snow.
A Cargair de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver on floats-free skis took off from frozen Lake Adonis in Quebec on a roughly 20-minute VFR pleasure flight with six people aboard. It did not return and was found on a wooded mountainside less than five kilometres from its departure point. The pilot and two passengers died, three passengers were seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed by the impact without fire.