De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Jul 24, 2010 (2 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on July 24, 2010 near La Grande-Rivière, Quebec, Canada with 2 fatalities. Cause: Overloading and an aft centre of...
- Date: July 24, 2010
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: La Grande-Rivière, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Overloading and an aft centre of gravity caused a pitch-up and stall at an altitude too low for recovery. Unsecured baggage shifted and pulled the rear triple seat loose on impact.
A Nordair Quebec 2000 Beaver floatplane took off from the La Grande-Riviere runway for a flight to Lac Eau Claire, but it was overloaded and carried its centre of gravity beyond the aft limit. It failed to climb, pitched up and banked at about 50 feet, then nosed down into a lake and broke up. The pilot and one passenger were killed and three rear passengers were seriously injured.