ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163200
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| Date: | Thursday 19 April 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23 |
| Owner/operator: | Pacific Coastal Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nanaimo, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nanaimo, BC (CYCD) |
| Port Alberni, BC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Piper PA-23 had just departed Nanaimo for a flight to Port Alberni. It appears the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed while attempting a return to the airport.
Sources:
Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle; Apr 25, 1979, p.9: https://news.google.ca/newspapers?nid=QD3KBmkZPeQC&dat=19790425&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
The Globe and Mail; Apr 20, 1979, p.10
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Jan-2014 07:51 | onward | Added |
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