Kemano – Kitimat

On August 3, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Kemano – Kitimat experienced a crash involving Grumman G-73 Mallard, operated by Pacific Western Airlines - PWA, with the event recorded near Kemano British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

Few minutes after its takeoff from Kemano, while cruising at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the seaplane hit the slope of a mountain. The wreckage was found few hours later and all five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-IOA, MSN J-39, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.5611°, -127.9455°.