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Investigators Probe Engine Failure in Small Plane Crash Near Ottawa Airport

Recovery crews are preparing cranes alongside flatbed trucks to extract wreckage from the wooded crash scene.

Ottawa Police Service officers block off a section of a residential street following an airplane crash near Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Emergency vehicles near the scene of a small plane crash near the Ottawa International Airport on Thursday evening.
On-lookers near the scene of a small plane crash close to the Ottawa airport on the evening of Thursday, July 31, 2025.

Overview

  • A privately registered Grumman AA-5A small airplane crashed into trees near Riverside Drive and West Hunt Club Road on July 31 after reporting engine trouble on departure from Gatineau Airport.
  • The adult male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene and two passengers were extricated and treated for non-life-threatening injuries before being taken to hospital.
  • Transportation Safety Board investigators are collecting wreckage and reviewing flight data under standard protocols to reconstruct the engine failure sequence.
  • Ottawa Police continue to enforce road closures near the crash site; hazardous materials crews are applying foam to contain fuel runoff into a creek feeding the Rideau River.
  • Ottawa International Airport Authority confirmed that flight operations have continued uninterrupted during recovery and environmental mitigation efforts.