Crash of a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver into Lake O'Keefe: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 7, 1975
Registration:
CF-BPA
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wabush - Wabush
MSN:
1612
YOM:
1965
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Wabush on a forest fire patrol. In unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed into Lake O'Keefe and sank by 80 feet of water. The wreckage was found few hours later about 60 km southwest of Wabush and all four occupants were killed, among them two government conservation officers working as forest rangers for the Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources.
