The aircraft was equipped with an emergency locator transmitter which activated, but no signal was received. The pilot, however, did not egress the aircraft and subsequently drowned. The passengers sustained minor injuries from the impact and managed to egress from the right side of the aircraft. At 1259, the aircraft touched down on the water of Upper Raft Lake with the wheels in the down position and flipped over, coming to rest in an inverted position. The cruise portion of the 34-minute flight was flown at an altitude of approximately 2200 feet above sea level. The pilot had originally planned to make 2 separate flights however, because of a previously planned family engagement, he decided to fly a single flight in order to save time. The pilot, 6 family members, and a dog were on board the aircraft bound for a cabin located on the west shore of Upper Raft Lake, Ontario, approximately 48 nautical miles north of CNJ4. At approximately 1225 Footnote 1 on 04 August 2019, a privately owned and operated amphibious Cessna A185E aircraft (registration C-GBUI, serial number 185-1320) departed for a daytime visual flight rules cross-country flight from Runway 30, a hard surface runway at the Orillia Rama Regional Airport (CNJ4), Ontario.
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