Date: | Saturday 17 September 1994 |
Time: | 11:48 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
Owner/operator: | Pacific Coastal Airlines |
Registration: | C-FDMR |
MSN: | 36 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fish Egg Inlet, BC -
Canada
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Fish Egg Inlet, BC |
Destination airport: | Pruth Bay, BC |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Twin Otter took off from Fish Egg Inlet logging camp for a 16nm VFR flight to Pruth Bay. The aircraft climbed though 100 feet, and just as the flaps were retracting, a violent pitch up was experienced. The aircraft stalled, crashed into the water 100 feet offshore and sank immediately.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The down elevator control cable failed at station 376 due to corrosion, and, as a result, the pilot lost control of the aircraft. The corrosion was not detected by the maintenance personnel during the aircraft's last cable inspection."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | TSB Report A94P0215 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Canadian Accident Report A94p0215
ICAO Adrep Summary 6/94 (#222)
Scramble 188
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT); 07 July 1994
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