Stuart Island - Quadra Island

On June 11, 1979 at 12:00 AM, Stuart Island - Quadra Island experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Kenmore Air, with the event recorded near Maurelle Island British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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, sole on board, departed Stuart Island on a short flight to Quadra Island, located 39 km away. About five minutes after takeoff, the pilot lost control of the airplane that nosed down and crashed few hundred meters off Maurelle Island. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N68084, MSN 912, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.2793°, -125.1432°.