Air transportation safety investigation A13C0105
The occurrence
On 22 August 2013, the Transwest Air float-equipped de Havilland DHC-3T Otter, C-FSGD, was reported overdue on a flight from Scott Lake, Northwest Territories, to an outpost camp in the area. The Rescue Coordination Centre tasked an aircraft to the coordinates provided by the operator, and discovered the wreckage 7 nm SE of Ivanhoe Lake. The aircraft was destroyed, and the pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries. The RCMP dive team and TSB investigators were deployed.