Small plane crashes in Canada

Search for missing downed Cessna pilot continues in Georgian Bay by Norah Fountain

Missing pilot identified as 64-year-old Wilfred Burnside of Owen Sound

 Posted Nov. 9, 2013 4pm: The search continues for the pilot of a Cessna that may have gone down north of Sprat Point in Georgian Bay. Yesterday debris from the plane was found in that area.

2 survive small plane crash in Georgian Bay
CTV News May 25, 2013
PARRY SOUND, Ont. -- Two people survived the crash of their small plane into the waters of Georgian Bay Saturday evening. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says someone on a nearby sailboat saw the plane ditch and flip upside down. They swam to shore.

Float plane crash in Bute Inlet claims one life
The Province
The coast guard attended the scene to find one individual dead inside the small passenger craft. ...Officials said there are currently no eyewitnesses to the crash and there had been no reports prior to the plane being spotted in the water. Transport ...

Pilot dies in small plane crash in Que. mountains
Toronto Sun May 4th, 2013
MONT LAURIER, Que. -- The pilot of a small plane died Saturday afternoon after a crash in the Laurentian Mountains. Minutes after takeoff from the airport at Mont Laurier, a lakeside town about 240 km northwest of Montreal.

Pilot not injured in crash northwest of Calgary
April 24, 2013
The pilot of a small plane walked away uninjured after the aircraft crashed between Cochrane and Calgary Wednesday afternoon. Cochrane RCMP say the plane — with one person on board — made "an unplanned landing" in a field near Lochend Road off 

Pilot not seriously hurt after plane crashes on Island Lake
Brandon Sun
A small plane was found by Mounties on Island Lake in northeastern Manitoba after the aircraft crashed on Wednesday afternoon. The pilot, the lone occupant, was not seriously injured. Transportation Safety Board of Canada officials continue to investigate.

Small plane crashes in northern Manitoba
CBC.ca Wed., April 3, 2013
A 26-year-old man from Red Deer, Alta., escaped with minor injuries when the small plane he was flying crashed in remote northern Manitoba. RCMP were notified about 3 p.m. Wednesday than an emergency locator transmitter had been activated on Island

There was a plane crash in which two died. I read somewhere that his friend told him that at age 75 he ought not to be flying a plane. 
Their plane did not clear the trees. This looks like wind or pilot error. What a risk he takes. We have seen planes on our lake that barely clear the trees. The wind is unpredictable.

Examples of airplane crashes involving small commuter carriers Canada.com The Transportation Safety Board can take more than two years to issue a full report on an air crash. It currently has 12 investigations open of fatal accidents involving air taxis and three fatal crashes involving small commuter operators.

Danger Overhead Part 1: Transport Canada cuts may endanger small air operators

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Danger...

Thirty-nine seconds after takeoff, the co-pilot of a Beechcraft King Air reported a problem with the right engine to the control tower at the Quebec City airport and said the aircraft was returning to land.

Small plane crashes in Sask., passengers and pilot survive

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Six occupants of a small plane that crashed in southeast Saskatchewan Sunday morning have all survived, the RCMP say. Sgt. Paul Dawson said police received a call shortly after 10 a.m. about the plane crash in a snow-covered, rural field just north of Kisbey, Sask.

Aug 5, 2012 - Uploaded by outdoors2stay

Crash at 2:44. This is unprecedented footage of a small airplane crash from inside the cockpit from two different 
angles.

Small plane crashes - do you really want to fly?

It is a scary thing. I reported a local man, in a toy helicopter, who kept

buzzing the neighbourhood, frightening our animals, as well as the rest of us. He landed at the local general store, in the small parking lot. No flight plan, methinks. It was frightening for those of us parked there.

I've had someone commenting on my YouTube video where the pilot continually goes up and down, and skims over head. He would take his grandkids up, meaning no canoeing that day for me!

Having lived in Muskoka where many have had horrible incidents, I would never go in a small plane again. I did it once, in the mid-90s, in the Adirondacks. When I look back, I wonder what I was thinking. I didn't know the professional pilot, it was a spur-of-the-moment thing.

The statistics are clear: most are due to pilot error. This is why they are incidents and not 'accidents.' Canadian Aviation statistics are here.

But to summarize... in 2010 there were 250 incidents, 31 fatal incidents and 64 fatalities. One, near our old home in Muskoka, took down a 71-year-old man and his girlfriend. They burned in the trees. Firefighters had a tough time getting to the scene.

Small Airplane accidents

Last year there were several terrible accidents in Muskoka. It appears we are up for more this year, too.
The small plane traffic in our area is amazingly busy. Excellent airports, like Georgian Bay Airways, offers flight training sessions.

2010
In southern Ontario another accident on April 23, 2010.
The plane actually landed in a narrow gap between two houses. One side of the plane was just a couple metres from hitting one of the residences, but OPP Const. Kari Lee said there were no reports of the plane actually hitting anything. 

Courtland has had two fatal plane crashes in 9 months. In August 2009, 82-year-old Alvin Foster died when his Cesna 150-J crashed into a cornfield. This man had a previous plane crash in 2007, April 2, almost exactly 3 years previously. Do you think there is a message here? A death wish?
You can see this pilot buzzing boaters. Pretty scary as kids are dragged on tubes behind the boats, and our local pilot tries to land. Who keeps them accountable?

A light aircraft went down in the wilderness area near Wolf Lake northeast of Bannockburn on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Central Hastings

Haldimand-Norfolk O.P.P. Crime Alerts Network

13 Apr 2010 ... Members of the Norfolk County OPP report of a plane crash on the north side of Highway #3, east of the village of Courtland

2009
Two dead after Muskoka plane crash‎ -Aug. 2009
The Toronto Star reports that the OPP, and volunteer firefighters came to the scene of a small airplane crash in Muskoka. The crash caused a fire, as well as the deaths of the driver and passenger. We passed the OPP car rushing on its way to the scene. We need to remind people to pull over when they hear First Responders on their way to such accidents. Time is of the essence.
It is no wonder that planes go down when they buzz so closely overhead.