Vancouver – Sechelt – Powell River

On September 30, 1979 at 01:00 PM, Vancouver – Sechelt – Powell River experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by West Coast Air Services, with the event recorded near Sechelt British Columbia.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 14 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.5%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Flight 106 was a schedule service from Vancouver to Powell River with an intermediate stop at Sechelt. The flight to Sechelt was uneventful. While approaching Porpoise Bay at Sechelt, at an altitude of 200 feet, the twin engine airplane rolled to the right in an angle of 90° then nosed down and crashed on the east shore of the bay, about 50 meters from the water. The captain and a passenger were killed while 14 other occupants were injured, four of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FWAF, MSN 122, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.4716°, -123.7595°.