Tasu - Alliford Bay

On August 18, 1996 at 07:50 PM, Tasu - Alliford Bay experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Harbour Air Seaplanes, with the event recorded near Alliford Bay British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The float-equipped, turbine-engine, DHC-3 Otter departed from Tasu, British Columbia, at about 1940 Pacific daylight saving time (PDT), with the pilot and two passengers on board, on a charter, visual flight rules (VFR) flight to Alliford Bay, 26 nautical miles to the north. When the aircraft did not arrive at destination, the operator initiated a search. The aircraft wreckage was located the following day, 18 nautical miles (nm) south of Alliford Bay, in rugged terrain at an elevation of 1,700 feet above sea level (asl). The aircraft was destroyed, and there were no survivors.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GCMY, MSN 22, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.2075°, -132.0007°.