Prince George – Vancouver

On December 20, 1942 at 07:00 PM, Prince George – Vancouver experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines - CP Air, with the event recorded near Chilliwack British Columbia.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at an altitude of 7,000 feet by night and in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Cheam located near the Fraser Valley, in the region of Chilliwack. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the 13 occupants was found. The wreckage was spotted by hunters in August 1943.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-CPD, MSN 1504, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.1548°, -121.8316°.