Castlegar - Castlegar

On July 25, 1978 at 12:00 AM, Castlegar - Castlegar experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Conair Aviation, with the event recorded near Castlegar-West Kootenay British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot was performing a demo flight at Castlegar Airport when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GHQZ, MSN 036, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.2958°, -117.6331°.