Accident Grumman G-21A Goose CF-BHL,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31548
 
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Date:Tuesday 27 January 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic G21 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman G-21A Goose
Owner/operator:Central BC Airways
Registration: CF-BHL
MSN: 1003
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:N of Butedale, BC -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Port Hardy, B.C.
Destination airport:Kemano
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Force landed at Kingscorner Point due to bad weather and sank. Pilot found alive on beach 28 January 1953. Two bodies recovered.

Pilot & passengers tried to paddle damaged aircraft to shore but it started to sink so they decided to swim, pilot was the only one to make it to shore alive.

Pilot: James "Jim" J. Siddle
Passengers:
Frank Russell Carlisle 62
Gustav Adolf Olsen 44
Bob Watson
E. C. Copley
Michael Fedyk
Paul Kushner

Sources:

http://goosecentral.web.officelive.com/1003.aspx
Correio da Manhã 30 January 1953, p7
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 29 January 1953, p1 .
"The Grumman Amphibians" by Fred J. Knight, page 308

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
24-Jan-2011 15:42 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2015 10:10 TB Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
02-Jan-2018 20:23 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Jan-2018 20:26 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2018 09:27 Anon. Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
29-Mar-2021 19:34 Anon. Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]

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