On April 3, 2013, just after 3pm, Island Lake RCMP were notified that an aircraft emergency locator transmitter had been activated in the area. An immediate response by RCMP was initiated that included vehicles, snowmobiles and a helicopter.
Scene of downed aircraft on Island Lake, about two miles off the winter road.
Police say that the commercial aircraft, a 1973 Cessna 207 operated out of Sandy Lake, Ontario, was located by RCMP searchers on snowmobile at about 3:30pm on Island Lake, about two miles off the winter road. The aircraft was reported to have taken off from Island Lake and had only been in the air for a few minutes before crashing in white-out conditions.
RCMP rerpot that the pilot, a 26-year-old man from Red Deer, Alberta, was transported to the Garden Hill Nursing Station for treatment of minor injuries. There were no passengers on board the aircraft at the time of the crash.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified and police continue to investigate.
