Mont-Tremblant/Lac Ouimet Water Aerodrome

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Mont-Tremblant/Lac Ouimet Water Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorAviation Wheel Air
Location Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
  Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL 771 ft / 235 m
Coordinates 46°09′42″N074°35′11″W / 46.16167°N 74.58639°W / 46.16167; -74.58639
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CST9
Location in Quebec
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n/an/an/aWater

Mont-Tremblant/Lac Ouimet Water Aerodrome( TC LID : CST9) was located on Lac Ouimet near Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. [2] [3] The airport was listed as abandoned in the 15 March 2007 Canada Flight Supplement.

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Incidents

On 29 September 2005, a Cessna 185 Skywagon seaplane with registration C-FYZC operated by Aviation Wheelair capsized when it attempted to take off from the lake. One passenger was killed. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Nav Canada's Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 26 March 2020 to 0901Z 22 April 2021.
  2. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Lac Ouimet". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  3. Trussell, George. "Dornier Do-28B-1, CF-WAN / 3075, Wheeler Northland Airlines". Air-Britain . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  4. "Capsizing at take-off - Aviation Wheelair Cessna 185 seaplane C-FYZC, Lac Ouimet, Quebec, 29 September 2005" (PDF). Aviation Investigation Report A05Q0178 / TU3-5/05-43E-PDF. Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 10 October 2006.
  5. Langlois, Pierre (28 July 2001). "Aircraft Photo of C-FYZC | Cessna A185E Skywagon 185 | Wheelair | AirHistory.net #307282". AirHistory.net. Retrieved 2024-05-19. C-FYZC four years before the incident