ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340811
| Date: | Friday 30 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 9789 |
| MSN: | 22018 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Denny Island, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bella Bella/Shearwater Water Aerodrome, BC (YSX) |
| Bella Bella/Shearwater Water Aerodrome, BC (YSX) |
A Canso A of the Royal Canadian Air Force left Bella Bella, BC, on an extra long patrol mission, but ran into fog in Lama Passage and lost contact with the surface. The pilot, attempted a left turn back to the station. The aircraft, weighted down with a heavy load of fuel, was unable to climb above the fog or to negotiate the turn in the narrow passage. The Canso lost altitude and impacted the wooded side of a mountain on Denny Island. The aircraft caught fire on impact killing the Flight Engineer and injuring the remaining 8 crew members. The Canso was totally destroyed.
Sources:
Consolidated production list / G. Goodall
Short Bursts December 2004-February 2005
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