Date:	Thursday 24 May 1962
Time:	14:11 LT
Type:	Avro Anson Mk V
Owner/operator:	British Columbia Dept. of Public Works
Registration:	CF-BCA
MSN:	MDF-305
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Patricia Bay Airport, Victoria, British Columbia -   Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Patricia Bay Airport, Victoria, British Columbia
Destination airport:	Patricia Bay Airport, Victoria, British Columbia
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The plane was piloted by an Assistant Deputy Highways Minister. They were off to Sooke BC to view a bridge from the air before returning to Victoria.
(BRC-1613)
Shortly after leaving the runway the aircraft climbed steeply to about 50 feet slowly veering and rolling to the left in a nose hight attitude until it was inverted. The nose dropped and the aircraft struck the ground in a near vertical attitude. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and fire. Both occupants lost their lives.

Pilot inexperience was likely a factor in the accident. On subsequent flights piloted by BC Government officials there was to be a regular Government pilot in the cockpit with them.

1. http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/databases/image_bank/dig_image.cfm?Lang=e&id=KM2023
2. Personal copy of Department of Transport Air Services Civil Aviation Branch Accident Report
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1962/archives/crash-of-an-avro-652-anson-in-victoria/]
4. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wreckage-of-department-of-lands-avro-anson-cf-bca-at-patricia-bay-airport-from-gr-1297-box-1-file-7

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
16-Mar-2012 07:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage]
17-May-2012 14:00	mprov	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2017 21:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2017 21:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
22-Oct-2017 15:36	A.J. Scholten	Updated [Narrative]