| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 10, 1997 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Location: | 100 miles SW of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada |
| Operator: | Private |
| Flight #: | - |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Cessna 180K |
| Registration: | C-GIGK |
| cn / ln: | 18053048 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | French Canadian actress Marie-Soleil Tougas, 27, and film director Jean-Claude Lauzon, 43, were killed when their Cessna crashed into a mountainside in strong winds and rain. They were returning from a fishing trip. While the cause of the accident is officially listed as unable to determine, an unexplained distraction and/or the effects of an optical illusion may have contributed to distracting the pilot's attention from flying the circuit. |
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