Date:	Monday 13 April 1981
Time:	16:15
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:	Gulf Air Aviation/Air BC
Registration:	C-FJFQ
MSN:	963
Year of manufacture:	1956
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	head of Knights Inlet, BC -   Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	BCFP logging camp
Destination airport:	another camp down inlet
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Only 40 gal fuel on board, both crew under 170lbs. No wind, got airborne in the available 1/4 mile, but wasn't getting enough lift to clear the slough's 30 ft bank nor the trees beyond. Turned right 90 degrees --oops - a floating shed in the way. Lifted port wing, felt something hit-thought it was a pontoon, onshore witnesses said t'was starboard wing tip. Stayed upright but craft nosed into shoreline, bounced up & over river bank. Stopped facing downstream high & dry. Near logging camp (51/05 N, 125/34 W).

I was the pilot. ( propellor bent around nose cowling, nose wheels damaged, tore 5 of the six 5/8" diameter bolts c/w float attachment boxes right out of the fuselage. Whole "wing spar"
skewed. -- Damage was $65,000CDN. Aircraft put on a barge to Vancouver. Repaired & flew one year later . . . 5mph faster too **other repaired DHC-2's experienced same speed addition** [rumour was that de Havilland's original jigs out of wack ?]---

At accident site 13/04/81 (approximately 1700PST)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-May-2015 06:25	in10shun	Added
28-Oct-2015 20:59	in10shun	Updated [Operator, Photo, ]
08-Apr-2017 16:51	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]