Edmonton - Chetwynd

On July 8, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Edmonton - Chetwynd experienced a crash involving Cessna 421 Golden Eagle, operated by Western Construction %26 Lumber Company, with the event recorded near Chetwynd British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine airplane departed Edmonton, carrying engineers and employees from the Western Construction & Lumber Company en route to Chetwynd on a mining prospective program. En route, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions and informed ATC about his position vertical to Dawson Creek, this was the last radio contact. While approaching Chetwynd in poor weather conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Wartenbe located 14 km southeast of the airport. Due to the ELT transmitter, the wreckage was quickly localized but unfortunately, all six occupants have been killed. At the time of the accident, the mountain was shrouded in clouds and the visibility was poor due to heavy rain falls.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-XWI.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.6971°, -121.6304°.