• C-GOGC de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date Mar-1981. First flight Mar-1981.
• C-GOGC Delivered to Province of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, ON., 26-Mar-1981.
Accident: Wicksteed Lake, ON, 05-Jun-2003. The DHC-6-300 amphibious aircraft, operating out of Hornepayne. was performing firefighting operations in the vicinity of Lake Wicksteed. The aircraft was scooping water from Lake Wicksteed for the nearby fire. This was the third scooping from the lake, and the approach was flown in an easterly direction in light wind conditions. The pilot performed the inbound checks, lowered the water probes to begin filling the float water tanks, and touched down on the lake. Within a short time, he observed water spraying from the overflow vents located on top of the floats, indicating that the tanks were filled to capacity. He pressed a button on the yoke to retract the probes, and the aircraft immediately nosed over into the lake in a wings-level attitude and began to sink. The aircraft came to rest on the bottom of the shallow lake in an inverted attitude with the floats above the surface of the water. The one occupant, the pilot was uninjured (but wet); the aircraft was stated to be written off. However it was repaired and returned to service.
• C-GOGC Re registered to Province of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, ON., 07-Feb-2006.
• C-GOGC Re registered to Province of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources Aviation and Forest Fire Management Branch. Sault Ste Marie, ON., 31-Aug-2007.
• C-GOGC Re registered to Province of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, ON.
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