ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23394
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| Date: | Sunday 7 July 1996 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-151 Warrior |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-GNXV |
| MSN: | 28-7515399 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Nelson, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Nelson, BC (ZNL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Piper aircraft, C-GHWH, departed the Nelson airport, British Columbia, at about 12:25 Pacific daylight saving time (PDT) in support of a Canadian Forces search and rescue (SAR) mission. The aircraft was part of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) assignment. The crew, consisting of a pilot, a navigator, and an observer, were tasked to search an area east of Nelson and west of Cranbrook for a recently missing Piper PA-28 aircraft.
At 13:00 PDT, the accident pilot broadcast on the radio that all search operations were normal. At about 13:40 PDT, an observer on board a Canadian Forces SAR aircraft spotted smoke coming from a downed aircraft, later identified as C-GHWH; it had been destroyed by the crash and post-impact fire, and the three occupants were fatally
injured.
There were no witnesses to the accident. The object of the SAR mission, missing PA-28 aircraft C-GNXV, was found later the same day; it had crashed in mountainous terrain north of Nelson.
Sources:
1. CADORS 1996P0256
2. http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1996/a96p0112/a96p0112.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Mar-2015 13:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2015 13:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2015 13:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 05-Mar-2018 07:34 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
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