1.0 Factual information 1.1 History of the flight The emergency locator transmitter activated on impact however, the signal was not received by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre because the emergency locator transmitter was submerged. The 3 remaining occupants were unable to escape the fuselage and drowned. The pilot and 1 passenger were able to escape the submerged fuselage and climb up onto the floats they were rescued by a nearby boater within 15 minutes. At approximately 1830 Mountain Daylight Time, while the pilot was conducting a water landing at Little Doctor Lake, control of the aircraft was lost and the aircraft nosed over, coming to rest inverted and partially submerged. The pilot and 4 passengers were on board. On 16 August 2018, a Simpson Air (1981) Limited float-equipped Cessna U206G aircraft (registration C-FNEQ, serial number U20605036) was conducting a sightseeing flight from Fort Simpson Island Water Aerodrome, Northwest Territories, with stops at Virginia Falls and Little Doctor Lake, Northwest Territories.
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