Ketchikan – Prince Rupert – Dawson Creek – Buffalo Narrows

On May 9, 1996 at 02:30 PM, Ketchikan – Prince Rupert – Dawson Creek – Buffalo Narrows experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Buffalo Narrows Airways, with the event recorded near Terrace British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single-engine, float-equipped DHC-3 Otter departed Ketchikan, Alaska, at 0905 Pacific daylight time (PDT) on 09 May 1996 with a pilot and co-pilot on board. They were on a visual flight rules (VFR) ferry flight to Dawson Creek, British Columbia, en route to Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan. After a refuelling stop and weather briefing at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the aircraft departed eastbound along the published Telkwa Pass VFR route. When the aircraft did not arrive at Dawson Creek, it was reported overdue. The next day, an extensive search for the missing Otter was commenced and wreckage was located by search and rescue aircraft at 1930 PDT, 30 miles east of Terrace, in the Telkwa Pass. The aircraft had struck mountainous terrain and was destroyed. Both occupants were fatally injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GDOB, MSN 194, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.5173°, -128.5995°.