On 23 November 2022, a Cessna 185 with floats departed a logging camp in Strachan Bay, British Columbia (BC), to the Port Hardy Water Aerodrome, BC, with one pilot and two passengers on board. During the initial climb, the aircraft reached an approximate height of 100 feet above sea level before pitching nose down and colliding with the water.
On 29 November 2022, a privately registered amateur built Rotorway-type helicopter was conducting a local flight from a private property in the municipality of Lefebvre, Quebec, with only the pilot on board. While returning to its departure point, at approximately 200 feet above ground, the aircraft broke up and crashed in a ditch that separated two fields. The pilot received fatal injuries.
A privately registered Piper PA 46-350P aircraft (with a PT6A-35 powered JetProp DLX conversion) was flying from the Sept-Îles airport, Quebec to the Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The aircraft had been given clearance to land, and upon approach struck terrain about 2.5 miles southwest of the airport along the extended centreline of runway 08. The 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter activated. The aircraft was destroyed.
On the evening of , a privately owned Cessna 150G was conducting a night visual flight rules flight from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Airport (CSD3), Quebec, to Cornwall Regional Airport (CYCC), Ontario.
On 28 February 2023, at approximately 1245 Eastern Standard Time, the Cessna 208B Caravan aircraft (registration C-GMVB, serial number 208B0317), operated by 1401380 Ontario Limited, doing business as Wilderness North Air, departed Nakina Airport (CYQN), Ontario, for a daytime visual flight rules flight to Fort Hope Airport (CYFH), Ontario, with 2 pilots on board.
A WestJet Encore de Havilland DHC-8-400 was flying (WEN3252) from Kamloops, British Columbia, to Calgary, Alberta, with 4 crew members and 74 passengers on board. While enroute, the flight crew experienced a no. 2 engine power loss that was followed by a fire warning. The crew followed engine fire emergency procedures and subsequently the engine was shut down. The propeller feathered and there were no further indications of a fire.
A Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. British Aerospace P.L.C. Jetstream Model 3112 was conducting training at Fort Smith Airport (CYSM), Northwest Territories, with 2 flight crew members on board. During the touchdown, the left main landing gear collapsed, resulting in the aircraft departing the left side of the runway. The aircraft was substantially damaged; there were no injuries. The TSB deployed to the scene to obtain more information.
