Edmonton - Slave Lake - Peace River

On December 29, 1975 at 08:30 AM, Edmonton - Slave Lake - Peace River experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 99 Airliner, operated by Bayview Air Services, with the event recorded near Slave Lake Alberta.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 18.2%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Slave Lake, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane crashed in a wooded area located 16 km from the airfield. All nine passengers were seriously injured while both pilots were killed. Photos: http://archaeologyblog.treetimeservices.ca/2016/11/02/photo-of-the-week-6/

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GWYD, MSN U-113, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.2817°, -114.7731°.