Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 31 JUL 2010 |
| Time: | 20:24 |
| Type: | Convair CV-580 Airtanker |
| Operator: | Conair Aviation |
| Registration: | C-FKFY |
| C/n / msn: | 129 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Engines: | 2 Allison 501-D22G |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) S of Lytton, BC (Canada)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Kamloops Airport, BC (YKA/CYKA), Canada |
| Kamloops Airport, BC (YKA/CYKA), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | 448 |
A Conair Aviation Convair CV-580 Airtanker ("Tanker 48") was destroyed when it crashed near Lytton, BC, Canada. Both crew members were killed in the accident. The airplane was contracted out to the B.C. Ministry of Forest and Lands as it fought a forest fire near Siwash Road, about 18 kilometres south of Lytton.
Sources:
» Water bomber crew confirmed killed
» Plane carrying 2 people crashes while battling B.C. fire
» CADORS report number; 2010P1088
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kamloops Airport, BC to Kamloops Airport, BC as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Kamloops Airport, BC to Kamloops Airport, BC as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
