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| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman G-21A Goose |
| Owner/operator: | Central BC Airways |
| Registration: | CF-BHL |
| MSN: | 1003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Butedale, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Port Hardy, B.C. |
| Kemano | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Force landed at Kingscorner Point due to bad weather and sank. Pilot found alive on beach 28 January 1953. Two bodies recovered.
Pilot & passengers tried to paddle damaged aircraft to shore but it started to sink so they decided to swim, pilot was the only one to make it to shore alive.
Pilot: James "Jim" J. Siddle
Passengers:
Frank Russell Carlisle 62
Gustav Adolf Olsen 44
Bob Watson
E. C. Copley
Michael Fedyk
Paul Kushner
Sources:
http://goosecentral.web.officelive.com/1003.aspx
Correio da Manhã 30 January 1953, p7
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 29 January 1953, p1 .
"The Grumman Amphibians" by Fred J. Knight, page 308
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jan-2011 15:42 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2015 10:10 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 02-Jan-2018 20:23 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2018 20:26 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2018 09:27 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Mar-2021 19:34 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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