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Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain near Terrace: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1990 at 1400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
C-GKIY
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Terrace – Iskut – Dease Lake – Bronson Creek – Terrace
MSN:
31-7852004
YOM:
1978
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Captain / Total flying hours:
700
Aircraft flight hours:
5520
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on a scheduled visual flight rules (VFR) flight from Terrace to Iskut to Dease Lake to Bronson Creek and back to Terrace, British Columbia. The aircraft departed Terrace about 1005 Pacific standard time (PST) and arrived Iskut about 1145, departed Iskut about 1155 and arrived Dease Lake about 1230, and departed Dease Lake about 1250 and arrived Bronson Creek about 1340. All of these flights were completed without incident, and the aircraft departed Bronson Creek for Terrace at about 1350 with the pilot and three passengers on board. Ten minutes later, the pilot spoke on the radio to a pilot who was flying from Smithers to Bronson Creek when the two aircraft passed each other approximately 20 miles east of Bronson Creek. This was in the Iskut River valley just east of the confluence of the Forest Kerr River and the Iskut River. This was the last reported contact with the aircraft, and the pilot did not report a problem at that time. An air and ground search was started after the aircraft was reported missing, but the aircraft was not found and the search was abandoned. No emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal was detected. The wreckage was found by chance on 05 August 1994, nearly four years after the accident.
Probable cause:
The pilot likely attempted to continue the visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions.
Final Report:

Crash of a Bristol 170 Freighter 31M in Bronson Creek

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1988 at 0832 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-GYQY
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wrangell - Bronson Creek
MSN:
13134
YOM:
1953
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. All three crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Grumman G-21A Goose in Prince Rupert: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1979
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-FUVJ
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
B006
YOM:
1943
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Prince Rupert. Three occupants were rescued while seven others were killed.