Alert Bay – Prince Rupert

On September 20, 1920 at 12:00 AM, Alert Bay – Prince Rupert experienced a crash involving Curtiss JN-4, operated by Vancouver Island Aerial Service, with the event recorded near Nalau Island British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

En route from Alert Bay to Prince Rupert, the pilot Lt Harry W. Brown encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the aircraft off Nalau Island. He survived by paddling a log into the shipping lane and was picked up by a passing Alaskan steamer. The aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-CABU, MSN C1293, year of manufacture 1920.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.7708°, -128.0398°.