Pilot of small plane that crashed near Ottawa airport identified

07-Aug-2025

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The pilot who died in a small plane crash near the Ottawa airport late last week has been identified.

Tessier died after the Grumman AA-5A plane he was flying crashed on July 31 in a forested area near Riverside Drive and West Hunt Club Road, less than half an hour after taking off from Gatineau airport. 

According to the Transportation Safety Board's (TSB) records, Tessier had co-owned the small aircraft since 2018.

The Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO), where Tessier worked, declined to comment out of respect for his family, but the flags at its head office in Gatineau were at half-mast on August 5.