ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23461
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| Date: | Sunday 3 August 1997 |
| Time: | 15:18 |
| Type: |  Cessna 337D Super Skymaster |
| Owner/operator: | Nelson Mountain Air Limited |
| Registration: | C-FYOC |
| MSN: | 337-1107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salmo, British Columbia, 11 nm SE -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Nelson, British Columbia |
| Nelson, British Columbia | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Cessna 337 aircraft departed Nelson, British Columbia, at 1313 Pacific daylight saving time (PDT) for a fire-patrol flight over the south-east region of British Columbia. The aircraft was crewed by a pilot and an observer, and they had been tasked by the British Columbia Forest Service to detect and report smoke or forest fires. The flight was uneventful for the first two hours, and at 1511 the pilot reported by radio to the Forest Service Fire Centre dispatcher that they were five nautical miles (nm) east of Salmo, heading north. Witnesses reported that at about 1518 they saw the aircraft fly at low level up a valley, commence a steep, left turn at the end of the valley, and crash into the mountain side. The aircraft was destroyed at impact, and the two occupants were fatally injured. There was no fire.
While the pilot was manoeuvring to avoid rising terrain, the aircraft stalled at a height which was insufficient to allow him to effect a recovery. Contributing to the accident was the reduced aircraft climb performance and the illusion created by the features of the surrounding terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1997P0491
http://web.archive.org/web/20050215172106/http://www.tsb.gc.ca:80/en/reports/air/1997/a97p0211/a97p0211.asp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
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