Prince Rupert – Teslin Lake – Dease Lake

On August 14, 2000 at 11:57 PM, Prince Rupert – Teslin Lake – Dease Lake experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by RCMP - GRC Air Services, with the event recorded near Teslin Lake British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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. A Cessna 208 Caravan I on amphibious floats, C-GMPB, serial number 20800082, was ferrying members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Emergency Response Team from Teslin, Yukon, to a site on the south end of Teslin Lake, British Columbia. At about 1645 Pacific daylight time, three team members, two dogs, and gear were unloaded on a gravel bar across from the mouth of the Jennings River. The aircraft departed for the Teslin airport at about 2355 with the pilot and one RCMP engineer on board. Shortly after take-off, the aircraft was seen to pitch up into a steep climb, stall, then descend at a steep angle into the water. The aircraft was destroyed, and the pilot and the passenger were fatally injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GMPB, MSN 208-0082, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.9716°, -132.3989°.