Victoria - Victoria

On August 8, 1968 at 08:45 PM, Victoria - Victoria experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by The Flying Fireman, with the event recorded near Jarvis Lake British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a fire fighting mission in Jarvis Lake on behalf of the BC Forest Service. While flying at low height, the airplane struck trees and crashed. Both pilots Thomas Swanson and Tom Worley were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-FFY, MSN 1842, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.5841°, -123.7734°.