ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162738
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Date: | Saturday 14 December 2013 |
Time: | 14:25 LT |
Type: | Cessna 421B Golden Eagle |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | C-GFMX |
MSN: | 421B0939 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Vargas Island, NW of Tofino/Long Beach Airport (YAZ/CYAZ), British Col -
Canada
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Abbotsford Airport, BC (YXX/CYXX) |
Destination airport: | Tofino Airport, BC (YAZ/CYAZ) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Cessna 421B Golden Eagle (C-GFMX) is reported missing at 14:30 local NW of Tofino BC over Vargas Island - 1 pilot, 1 passenger on board - search on going.
Wreckage of the aircraft was located on Vargas Island on Monday, December 15, 2013. The two occupants onboard the airplane received fatal injuries.
Weather may have been a factor in the accident.
Sources:
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/plane-wreck-found-2-dead-1.759802 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-plane-crash-kills-father-and-son-from-lethbridge-area-1.2465112 https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CGFMX/history/20131214/2120Z/CYXX/CYAZ https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1393226/ http://www.amstataso.com/listings/spec/ViewAd.aspx?id=141147&listingType=true Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Dec-2013 11:32 |
bizjets101 |
Added |
15-Dec-2013 12:12 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
15-Dec-2013 17:35 |
Geno |
Updated [Source] |
15-Dec-2013 19:49 |
Geno |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Dec-2013 22:25 |
Geno |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
18-Dec-2013 07:09 |
CH |
Updated [Operator] |
18-Dec-2013 07:10 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator] |
24-Jan-2024 18:51 |
harro |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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