Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force, February 18, 1955, 3698 was sold via Crown Assets Disposal Corporation in 1977 after two years of storage. Registered C-GOFF to the Province of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources. Sold again in 1986 to Thousand Lakes Airways, the aircraft moved to Ignace Airways in 1990. Last operator was Huron Air & Outfitters from 1998, it was converted to a Walter powered DHC-3T/M601 Turbo Otter during the winter of 2002. Taking off from a strip near Jellicoe, ON , the aircraft crashed onto frozen Blackwater Lake and broke through the ice inverted.

Built in 1955 as RCAF 3698. Still in the basic colours of its first civilian owners, the Province of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources. Seen here at its Huron Air & Outfitters base on Mackenzie Lake, Armstrong Station, Ontario. Turbined with a Walter engine in the winter of 2002. In December 2003, damaged beyond repair in a sadly fatal ski-equipped takeoff accident at a strip overlooking Blackwater Lake near Jellicoe. Eighteen inches of fresh snow on the runway retarded the reaching of safe flying speed and the fully loaded aircraft crashed, penetrating thick ice.

Originally RCAF 3698. Once was a yellow bird of the Ontario Gov't. Brand new Walter Turbine conversion. Note the airflow sensors on top of the cowl. Analyzing rain dispersal over the windshield. Sad note: This Otter was destroyed in a fatal crash in Ontario on 16 Dec 2003.