Telegraph Creek – Mowdade Lake

On July 15, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Telegraph Creek – Mowdade Lake experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Tsayta Aviation, with the event recorded near Elwyn Creek British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The Beaver floatplane departed Telegraph Creek Water Aerodrome, BC (CAH9) destined for Mowdade Lake, BC, at approximately 2040 PDT on 15 July 2016 on a VFR flight itinerary round-trip with one pilot on board. When the aircraft did not arrive at Mowdade Lake and did not return to CAH9, a search was initiated. The aircraft's wreckage was located at approximately 2000 PDT the following day in a ravine at an elevation of about 5,000 feet near the headwaters of Elwyn Creek, BC. The aircraft was consumed by fire and the pilot was fatally injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GWDW, MSN 306, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 57.7885°, -130.9856°.