Officers from Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been joined by members of the detachment Marine Unit, OPP Central Region SAVE Team aboard All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV), OPP GHQ Forensic Identification Unit and the OPP Helicopter Unit from GHQ in Orillia in the shoreline search for the missing pilot.
The missing pilot has been identified as Wilfred Oscar BURNSIDE 64 years of Owen Sound. He was last known to be the pilot and lone occupant of a white with red trim 1968 Cessna 182 bearing registration CFIMQ which left Cornwall Airport at 5:00PM and failed to arrive at Owen Sound Airport for 7:55PM November 7, 2013.
The land search has narrowed down to an area of Tiny Township shoreline between the 4th and 8th Concessions where officers have recovered today more small pieces of debris that are consistent to that belonging to an small aircraft.
Officers hope to continue the search tomorrow along with the OPP Helicopter Unit if weather permits. The weather conditions are expected to become stormy with high winds from the west on Sunday.
The Transportation Safety Board have been notified of the incident although at this time neither the aircraft nor the pilot have been located for their investigation purposes to learn of the cause of the suspected crash.