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| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 2024 |
| Time: | 16:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Wilderness Seaplanes Ltd |
| Registration: | C-GBTJ |
| MSN: | 18503950 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Warner Bay, about 45 km NE of Port Hardy, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Port Hardy Water Aerodrome (CAW5), BC |
| Warner Bay, BC | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Wilderness Seaplanes float-equipped Cessna A185F departed Port Hardy Water Aerodrome (CAW5), BC, under visual flight rules to a logging camp in Warner Bay, BC, with 1 pilot and 2 passengers onboard. On landing, after the aircraft contacted the water, control was lost. The aircraft came to rest with the fuselage underwater. The pilot and 1 passenger egressed the aircraft.
The second passenger was unable to egress and was fatally injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged.
Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-hardy-seaplane-crash-1.7342026
https://www.mycowichanvalleynow.com/85859/tri-port/one-dead-after-float-plane-crash-near-port-hardy-wednesday-evening/
https://vancouversun.com/news/one-dead-float-plane-crash-bc-central-coast
TSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2024 01:31 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Oct-2024 06:03 | battleaxe10 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Oct-2024 07:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2024 07:25 | ASN | Updated |
| 04-Oct-2024 17:17 | ASN | Updated [Registration, Cn, ] |
| 31-Oct-2024 13:37 | ASN | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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