ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23397
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| Date: | Saturday 7 September 1996 |
| Time: | c. 10:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180J |
| Owner/operator: | Wayco Aviation |
| Registration: | C-FRLI |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knot Lake, British Columbia -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Nimpo Lake, British Columbia |
| Knot Lake, British Columbia | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot departed Nimpo Lake, British Columbia, in the float-equipped Cessna 180J aircraft at about 1020 Pacific daylight saving time (PDT) for a 25-minute visual flight to Knot Lake, 35 nautical miles southwest. This was the pilot's second flight of the day, the first being to another lake located in the vicinity of Knot Lake. When the aircraft had not returned to Nimpo Lake by 1330 PDT, the company owner took off from Nimpo Lake in a Beaver aircraft to conduct an aerial search. He heard the signal from an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) near Knot Lake; however, he could not locate the source. He then returned to Nimpo Lake and notified the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC). The missing aircraft was found later that day on Knot Lake, partially afloat and sinking. The pilot had been fatally injured, and his body was recovered from the submerged aircraft the next day by RCMP divers.
The aircraft struck the water and crashed, probably because the pilot encountered turbulence and lost control of the aircraft during an attempted landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1996P0410
http://web.archive.org/web/20060430174609/http://www.tsb.gc.ca:80/en/reports/air/1996/a96p0201/a96p0201.asp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
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