(RED LAKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Transport Safety Board of Canada are conducting an investigation into the death of a float plane operator 30 kilometres south of Red Lake.
On September 5, 2013 at approximately 10:30 am, Red Lake OPP responded to the report of a male pilot being seriously injured while attempting to bring his Cessna amphibian plane onto the shoreline on Dee Dee Lake.
Police investigation confirmed that the male had been standing outside of the plane on the floats as the plane approached the shoreline. When the aircraft connected with the shore, the male lost his balance and fell into the propeller causing significant injury. The male was transported by plane to the Red Lake airport where he died as a result of his injuries.
The deceased has been identified as James KOWALSKI, age 67 of Saint Paul, Minnesota. A post mortem examination is scheduled for this morning at the Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora, ON.
The post mortem has been completed and the cause of death has been deemed not suspicious.