ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203746
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 April 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ryan Navion |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | CF-IDP |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Breakenridge, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Penticton Airport (CYYF) |
| Vancouver International Airport (CYVR), BC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A privately operated Ryan Navion aircraft was conducting a flight from Penticton to Vancouver International Airport (CYVR), BC with one pilot and two passengers on board. The aircraft collided with terrain 600' below the summit of Mount Breakenridge, possibly due to fuel starvation. All occupants were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire.
Found crashed on snow-covered mountain 28 April 1957.
The crash made news again in October 2020 after the wreckage was spotted atop the mountain in the melting snow.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 29 April 1957, p1
The Leader-Post 4 May 1957, p13
https://www.vicnews.com/news/wreckage-of-possibly-decades-old-airplane-crash-discovered-on-mountain-near-harrison-lake/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2018 17:07 | TB | Added |
| 15-Jan-2018 17:00 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Oct-2020 07:01 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2020 18:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2020 16:52 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2020 09:02 | onward | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2021 21:59 | TB | Updated [Source] |
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