Prince Rupert - Masset

On March 5, 1974 at 12:00 AM, Prince Rupert - Masset experienced a crash involving Grumman G-73 Mallard, operated by North Coast Air Services, with the event recorded near Prince Rupert British Columbia.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 30.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

About two minutes after it took off from Prince Rupert seaplane base, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane lost height and crashed onto a mountain slope located about 3 km southeast of Prince Rupert. The wreckage was found a day later and while seven occupants were rescued, three others, among them the pilot, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-HPA, MSN J-7, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.3104°, -130.3112°.