Taylor – Vernon

On October 16, 2015 at 03:15 PM, Taylor – Vernon experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Chapman Corporate Air Services, with the event recorded near Taylor British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from a grassy airstrip located just outside from the town of Taylor, some 15 km southeast of Fort St John, the single engine aircraft crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire and both occupants, a father and his son, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GNVZ, MSN 207-0317, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.1592°, -120.6868°.