Loon River - La Biche Lake - Grand Prairie

On June 29, 2000 at 10:19 PM, Loon River - La Biche Lake - Grand Prairie experienced a crash involving Douglas A-26 Invader, operated by Air Spray, with the event recorded near Grande Prairie Alberta.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole on board, departed Loon River Airport on a fire fighting mission to La Biche Lake under callsign Tanker 3. While returning to Grand Prairie Airport, on final approach to runway 25, both engines failed almost simultaneously. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed 3 km short of runway. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-EZX, MSN 18807, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.1677°, -118.8383°.