AVIATION INVESTIGATION REPORT A16P0180 Loss of control and collision with terrain de Havilland DHC-2 (Beaver), C-GEWG Laidman Lake, British Columbia, 11 nm E 10 October 2016 Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th floor Gatineau QC K1A 1K8 819-994-3741 1-800-387-3557 www.tsb.gc.ca
[email protected] © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 2018 Aviation investigation report A16P0180 Cat. No. TU3-5/16-0180E-PDF ISBN 978-0-660-24549-2 This report is available on the website of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada at www.tsb.gc.ca Le présent rapport est également disponible en français. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability. Aviation Investigation Report A16P0180 Loss of control and collision with terrain de Havilland DHC-2 (Beaver), C-GEWG Laidman Lake, British Columbia, 11 nm E 10 October 2016 Summary On 10 October 2016, at approximately 0820 Pacific Daylight Time, a privately operated de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver aircraft on amphibious floats (registration C-GEWG, serial number 842), departed from Vanderhoof Airport, British Columbia, for a day visual flight rules flight to Laidman Lake, British Columbia. The pilot and 4 passengers were on board. Approximately 24 minutes into the flight, the aircraft struck terrain about 11 nautical miles east of Laidman Lake. The 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT) activated on impact.