Vancouver – Bridge River

On August 15, 1933 at 08:24 PM, Vancouver – Bridge River experienced a crash involving Fairchild 71, operated by Wells Air Transport, with the event recorded near Anderson Lake British Columbia.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Vancouver to Bridge River, the pilot encountered poor visibility while flying at night. Too low, the airplane impacted the surface of Lake Anderson and crashed. Three passengers were killed and three other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-AJP, MSN 651, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.6266°, -122.4184°.