Date:	Saturday 17 September 1994
Time:	11:48
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator:	Pacific Coastal Airlines
Registration:	C-FDMR
MSN:	36
Year of manufacture:	1967
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Fish Egg Inlet, BC -   Canada
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Fish Egg Inlet, BC
Destination airport:	Pruth Bay, BC
Investigating agency:	TSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Twin Otter took off from Fish Egg Inlet logging camp for a 16nm VFR flight to Pruth Bay. The aircraft climbed though 100 feet, and just as the flaps were retracting, a violent pitch up was experienced. The aircraft stalled, crashed into the water 100 feet offshore and sank immediately.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The down elevator control cable failed at station 376 due to corrosion, and, as a result, the pilot lost control of the aircraft. The corrosion was not detected by the maintenance personnel during the aircraft's last cable inspection."

Canadian Accident Report A94p0215
ICAO Adrep Summary 6/94 (#222)
Scramble 188

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT); 07 July 1994

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