Vancouver – Zeballos

On October 29, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Vancouver – Zeballos experienced a crash involving Noorduyn Norseman, operated by Ginger Coote Airways, with the event recorded near Nanaimo British Columbia.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While in cruising flight, the engine fired. The pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. On touchdown, the single engine aircraft overturned and came to rest. All four occupants were seriously injured while the aircraft was wrecked.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-AZE, MSN 3, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.1684°, -123.9339°.