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) |
| Tofino Airport, BC (YAZ/CYAZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 February 1994 | N421HA | Federal Aviation Admin | 0 | Lagrange, GA |  |
min |
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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