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Date: | Tuesday 3 December 1985 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-31 Navajo |
Owner/operator: | Precision Holdings Ltd |
Registration: | C-GZTD |
MSN: | 31-202 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mount Sentinel, near Castlegar, Central Kootenay, British Columbia -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Victoria International (YYJ/CYYJ) British Columbia |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) 3 December 1985 when crashed at Mount Sentinel, near Castlegar, Central Kootenay, British Columbia, at approximate co ordinates 49°23' 1.37" N, 117°36' 12.97" W. The pilot (sole person on board) was killed: I was told the pilots name was Richard Purcivel
Some of the wreckage, with the registration C-GZTD clearly visible, was still at the crash site in August 2012
Sources:
1. Eyewitness Report: A relative I met, or at least I was told that,.
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1985/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-british-columbia-1-killed/]
3.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1107706/ 4.
http://ca.geoview.info/mt_sentinel_plane_crash_id,76616205p 5.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/76616205 Images:
Mt Sentinel near Castlegar BC Canada on Aug 5 2012 by Kevin Stein
Mt Sentinel near Castlegar BC Canada by Kevin Stein
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-Aug-2012 01:23 |
Kootenaycat |
Updated |
06-Aug-2012 01:24 |
Kevin Stein |
Updated |
02-Sep-2013 06:15 |
Morro |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
01-May-2015 15:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
05-Oct-2017 21:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
05-Oct-2017 21:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |