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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Air BC |
| Registration: | C-FYYU |
| MSN: | 1573 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ocean Falls, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Klemtu, BC |
| Ocean Falls, BC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in bush area eight miles from destination due to fuel exhaustion.
Sources:
http://www.dhc-2.com/id714.htm
The Vancouver Sun: November 26, 1981
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2011 09:41 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2020 20:35 | onward | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, ] |
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