TSB investigates small aircraft accident near Kisbey, Sask.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent investigators to the site of a small aircraft accident near the town of Kisbey, Sask., according to a statement.

Kisbey is located in southeastern Saskatchewan, north of Estevan, near Moose Mountain Provincial Park.

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A statement from the TSB said the agency “was notified yesterday (Friday) that a Cessna 172 registered to Harv’s Air had been reported overdue at approximately 10:30 a.m. CDT. We were later notified during the evening that the aircraft had been located by Search and Rescue.”

“A team of two TSB investigators was deployed to the site to gather information and assess the occurrence,” the statement read.

According to the their website, “Harv’s Air is a family owned and operated flying school, air taxi, and aircraft maintenance organization with two locations: Steinbach and St. Andrews, both located in the Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada area.”

A witness who watched the response unfold says she first noticed something unusual when she saw what she believed was a military aircraft circling the area repeatedly.

MacArthur says she first noticed something unusual when she saw what she believed was a military aircraft circling the area repeatedly. (Chenoa MacArthur/submitted)

Chenoa MacArthur, who lives in southeastern Saskatchewan, said relatives had been sending her videos and messages about the aircraft before she spotted it herself while driving back toward the area.

“I could see that the plane was kind of — it was starting to shorten its radius when it was doing flyovers,” MacArthur said. “It was just kind of getting smaller and smaller.”

MacArthur said she eventually drove north of Kisbey, where she noticed something coming from the back of the aircraft.

“I grab my binoculars, and I look through them, and I’m like, there’s some guys,” she said. “There’s, you know, a couple of guys in parachutes.”

She said she also saw orange smoke in the area.

Orange smoke seen on the ground near a small plane crash site, near Kisbey, Sask., on Sept. 18, 2026. (Chenoa MacArthur/submitted)

As she continued driving, MacArthur said the response on the ground quickly intensified.

“All of a sudden, these police cruisers just come flying up,” she said. “I just pulled over, and I was like, I’m not getting in their way.”

MacArthur said more police vehicles continued arriving as crews moved toward the area.

Emergency vehicles on the road to the area believed to be the site of the aircraft accident near Kisbey, Sask., Friday, Sept. 18. (Chenoa MacArthur/submitted)

Recent rain had also left rural roads and surrounding land extremely muddy, according to MacArthur.

“It’s been raining off and on, so it’s just soupy back there,” she said. “It’s like, it’s horrible.”

MacArthur said she and her family kept their distance while watching the response and expressed sympathy for those affected by the accident.

“My heart and my condolences go out to them,” she said.

980 CJME has reached out to the Department of National Defence and Saskatchewan RCMP for more information on the accident.

More to come.