Port Hardy - Chamiss Bay

On August 3, 2008 at 07:22 AM, Port Hardy - Chamiss Bay experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines - PCA, with the event recorded near Port Hardy British Columbia.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At 0708 Pacific daylight time, the Pacific Coastal Airlines G-21A amphibian (registration C-GPCD, serial number B76) operating as a charter flight departed Port Hardy Airport, British Columbia, on a visual flight rules flight to Chamiss Bay, British Columbia. At 0849 and again at 0908, the flight follower attempted to contact the tugboat meeting the aircraft at Chamiss Bay by radiotelephone but was unsuccessful. At 0953, the flight follower reported the aircraft overdue to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, and an aerial search was initiated. A search and rescue aircraft located the wreckage on a hillside near Alice Lake, approximately 14 nautical miles from its departure point. A post-crash fire had ignited. The emergency locator transmitter had been destroyed in the crash and did not transmit. The accident happened at about 0722. Of the seven occupants, the pilot and four passengers were fatally injured, one passenger suffered serious injuries, while another suffered minor injuries. The two survivors were evacuated from the accident site at approximately 1610.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GPCD, MSN B76, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7210°, -127.4907°.