More details are now known in regards to a plane crash in southern Saskatchewan late last week that left two people dead. On Friday, Sept. 18 at 5:41 p.m., members of the RCMP detachment in Carlyle, Sask. received a report of a missing plane. The aircraft was flying from Regina, Sask. to Steinbach, Man. According to RCMP, the Department of National Defence, which was searching for the plane, notified the detachment the crash site was found in a remote area near Kisbey, located around 160 kilometres southeast of Regina. Local officers used an ATV to travel to the site. According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), a fire broke out following the crash. The RCMP’s collision reconstruction unit supported TSB personnel at the scene. In a statement to CTV News Monday morning, the TSB confirmed its investigators have since concluded their work at the crash scene. “Over the next few days, investigators will continue to gather data and conduct interviews to better understand the circumstances surrounding the occurrence and assess it in accordance with the TSB’s Occurrence Classification Policy,” the statement read. “Once sufficient information has been gathered, the occurrence will be classified based on factors such as its complexity and potential to yield transportation safety lessons. The classification will determine the scope of the investigation, the type of report or product, and the target timeline.” In a statement issued over the weekend, Harv’s Air, a Manitoba-based flying school and air taxi service, confirmed two people died after a Cessna 172 crashed on a night flight from Regina to Steinbach, Man. Adam Penner, president of Harv’s Air, said in the statement that both pilots killed in the crash had close ties to their fellow students and instructors. Friday’s crash marks the second fatal incident involving aircraft from Harv’s Air inside of two years. In July 2025, two pilots were killed after a midair collision downed two planes during a landing attempt near Steinbach, in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. With files from The Canadian Press More details to come...
