Vancouver - Pender Harbour

On July 30, 2019 at 12:48 PM, Vancouver - Pender Harbour experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Robin R. Reichman, with the event recorded near Sechelt British Columbia.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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. En route from Vancouver to Pender Harbour, the pilot encountered engine problems and elected to ditch the aircraft about three miles off Sechelt. All three occupants were able to evacuate the cabin before the aircraft sank and was lost. All three occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GPZP, MSN 722, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.4716°, -123.7595°.