Kildala – Vancouver

On October 17, 1951 at 06:55 PM, Kildala – Vancouver experienced a crash involving Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), operated by Queen Charlotte Airlines, with the event recorded near Nanaimo British Columbia.

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

23 people were known to be on board, 23 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: 20, passenger fatalities: 20, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft left Kildala at 1532 bound for Vancouver carrying twenty passengers and a crew of three. At 1733 the aircraft reported over Sullivan Bay and gave its ETA Vancouver as 1840. At 1825 the ETA Vancouver was revised to 1903 on account of strong southeast winds. The next and last radio transmission received was at 1848 when the aircraft reported it was 20 miles west of Vancouver at 2,000 feet and requested clearance to the tower frequency. At approximately 1855 hours the aircraft crashed into Mount Benson. All occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-FOQ, MSN CV-395, year of manufacture 1941.

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