Pilot Killed After Remembrance Day Formation Flight in Quebec

A pilot was killed on 11 November 2026 when his light aircraft crashed near Saint-Georges airport in the Beauce region of Quebec, shortly after taking part in a Remembrance Day formation flypast. The Quebec plane crash happened at about 11 a.m. local time in a wooded area close to a residential neighbourhood. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent investigators to the site.

What we know

• Date and time: 11 November 2026, shortly after 11:00 local time
• Place: wooded area near Saint-Georges airport (CYSG), Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada
• Aircraft: a single-engine light aircraft, reported to be a Mooney M20
• On board: the pilot only; he did not survive
• Investigator: Transportation Safety Board of Canada

The pilot, a 68-year-old local man named in Canadian media as Daniel Parent, was one of six members of the Club Aéronautique de Beauce who had flown over the town’s Remembrance Day ceremony. The group flew a missing-man formation, a traditional tribute to fallen military personnel in which one aircraft leaves the formation.

The accident

According to reports in Quebec and national media summarised by AVweb and FLYING Magazine, the aircraft were returning to land at Saint-Georges when his aircraft separated from the group. Another pilot in the formation told Le Journal de Québec that the formation leader called for a position report but received no reply. He said there had been no collision between aircraft, that the group had received formation training from a former military pilot, and that Parent had flown the manoeuvre many times before.

Witnesses quoted by TVA Nouvelles and Global News described the aircraft turning away from the others and descending steeply into the trees, followed by a fire. One resident said he heard the engine appear to lose and regain power. These are early eyewitness accounts; investigators have not established a cause. Video recorded from another aircraft in the formation has been handed to the TSB.

Investigation

The TSB will examine the wreckage, the aircraft’s maintenance records, weather and the video before publishing its findings. In Canada, the TSB investigates to identify safety lessons, not to assign blame. We will update this story when the TSB releases information.

Our thoughts are with the pilot’s family, his fellow club members and the community of Saint-Georges. Follow the latest aviation headlines on our live news page and other safety stories in accidents and incidents.

Sources

• AVweb: Pilot killed following Remembrance Day formation flight in Quebec, 12 November 2026
• FLYING Magazine: Pilot of aircraft in Canadian Remembrance Day ceremony dies in crash, 11 November 2026
• Reports by Le Journal de Québec, TVA Nouvelles, Global News and CTV News, as cited above