Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver C-FFRL,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167872
 
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Date:Friday 11 July 2014
Time:15:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:0784238 BC Ltd
Registration: C-FFRL
MSN: 482
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Queen Charlotte Sound, near St John Harbour, Athlone Island, BC -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:St John Harbour
Destination airport:Sandspit, Haida Gwaii
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver impacted terrain near the tidewaters of Queen Charlotte Sound near St John Harbour on Athlone Island west of Bella Bella, British Colombia. The floatplane was consumed by the post-impact fire and two of the four occupants onboard were seriously injured. Two of the occupants onboard the airplane received minor injuries.

Sources:

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.theprovince.com/Four+rescued+after+plane+crash+near+Bella+Bella/10023376/story.html?__federated=1]
http://www.vancouversun.com/Coast+guard+rescues+four+float+plane+passengers+after+crash+near+Bella+Bella/10023203/story.html?__federated=1
https://globalnews.ca/news/1447278/4-people-escaped-float-plane-crash-near-bella-bella/
https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/sandspit-residents-survive-seaplane-crash-near-bella-bella/
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/current.asp]

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=376950&nseq=88

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Jul-2014 05:06 Geno Added
12-Jul-2014 17:04 onward Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport]
12-Jul-2014 17:53 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Jul-2014 00:40 Geno Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative]

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