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| Date: | Thursday 27 November 2025 |
| Time: | c. 03:00 LT |
| Type: | Cessna 172 Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Sealand Flight Ltd |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Southwest of, and near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island BC -
Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Nanaimo Airport, BC (YCD/CYCD) |
| Destination airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An accident without survivors is reported near Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Sources:
https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/11/27/then-there-was-nothing-just-silence-at-least-one-killed-in-early-morning-plane-crash-southwest-of-nanaimo/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/plane-crash-vancouver-island-nanaimo-bc-9.6995059 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFw3U42h5kI Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 27-Nov-2025 20:27 |
Captain Adam |
Added |
| 27-Nov-2025 21:37 |
Justanormalperson |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
| 01-Dec-2025 15:23 |
Henry in Oz |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
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