Fuel exhaustion Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver C-FYYU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27366
 
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Date:Thursday 30 July 1981
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:Air BC
Registration: C-FYYU
MSN: 1573
Year of manufacture:1966
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Ocean Falls, BC -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Klemtu, BC
Destination airport:Ocean Falls, BC
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed in bush area eight miles from destination due to fuel exhaustion.

Sources:

http://www.dhc-2.com/id714.htm
The Vancouver Sun: November 26, 1981

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
06-Aug-2011 09:41 TB Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
21-Nov-2020 20:35 onward Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source]

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