C-FMPV

On May 10, 2016 at 10:30 AM, C-FMPV experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Rennie Equipment, with the event recorded near Lumby British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from a private airstrip in Lumby, the airplane suffered engine problems. The pilot elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a prairie located 300 feet from a house, bursting into flames. All three occupants evacuated with minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. The pilot and both passengers were en route to the south of the province when the accident occurred.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FMPV, MSN 1304, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.2468°, -118.9675°.