De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Jun 16, 2024, Red Lake
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on June 16, 2024 near Red Lake, Ontario, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was about 334 pounds over...
- Date: June 16, 2024
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The aircraft was about 334 pounds over maximum takeoff weight because averaged passenger weights were used and a heavy passenger was not accounted for, leading to an aerodynamic stall in the climb (TSB).
A float equipped DHC 2 Beaver departing the Chukuni River for Thicketwood Lake with the pilot and four passengers climbed to about 100 feet, stalled and hit the shoreline nose down, about 334 pounds over maximum weight. One passenger later died in hospital and another was seriously injured. The TSB found a heavy passenger was not accounted for in averaged group weights.