Vancouver – Tahsis

On January 2, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Vancouver – Tahsis experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by BC Air Lines, with the event recorded near Vancouver British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 90.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Few minutes after takeoff from Vancouver seaplane base, weather conditions worsened with snow showers and the crew decided to return to his departure point. While cruising in poor visibility, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed while approaching Vancouver. A passenger was seriously injured while nine other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-UAZ, MSN 1077, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.2609°, -123.1140°.