ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28408
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| Date: | Monday 2 July 1984 |
| Time: | 11:34 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E18S |
| Owner/operator: | Coval Air |
| Registration: | C-GIFR |
| MSN: | BA-108 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Hardy, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Port Hardy, BC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane nosedived into the runway on takeoff from approximately 100 feet killing all 8 passengers and 1 pilot. The subsequent investigation found that pilot inexperience on that type of aircraft as well as overloading and uneven loading were the primary causes of the crash.
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=kxd3qP2_5uAC&dat=19840703&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19851108&id=0rUSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6052,1653181&hl=en
4. Canadian Civil Aircraft Register
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2011 03:30 | TB | Updated [Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2012 00:51 | howlermonkey | Updated [Date, Time, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2012 10:07 | onward | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Country, Nature, Source] |
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