CF-FHW

On August 6, 1958 at 12:00 AM, CF-FHW experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by RCMP - GRC Air Services, with the event recorded near Okanagan Falls British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The crew was engaged in a patrol flight, taking part to a search for a murder suspect. In flight, the single engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain bordering the Skaha Lake, near Okanagan Falls. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-FHW, MSN 58, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.3455°, -119.5736°.