British Columbia

While engaged in a fire fighting mission, the twin engine airplane crashed on the slope of Mt Stoyoma located 97 km southwest of Kamloops. The wreckage was found two days later and both pilots were killed.

The airplane was engaged in a fire fighting flight. After being informed by 'Bird Dog' aircraft that initial fire bombing run approach was off target, the pilot commenced a climbing turn to the left towards rising terrain. After completing about 220° of the turn, the aircraft stalled, rolled sharply to the left and nose dropped steeply. The airplane struck the ground and was destroyed by fire and impact, some 8 miles east-southeast of Ashcroft, BC. The occupants consisted of two crew, the pilot-in-command and a second pilot, and one passenger, a mechanic, were killed.

About two minutes after it took off from Prince Rupert seaplane base, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane lost height and crashed onto a mountain slope located about 3 km southeast of Prince Rupert. The wreckage was found a day later and while seven occupants were rescued, three others, among them the pilot, were killed.

The airplane was dispatched in a SAR mission under callsign Service 21, searching for a missing Stinson 108. The crew departed Sandspit Airport at 1026LT with a routing via Terrace, Prince Rupert, Hazleton and Smithers before returning to Patricia Bay. At the end of the afternoon, while cruising in marginal weather conditions in a valley, the airplane contacted trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located near the Telkwa Pass, southwest of the city of Telkwa. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt L. T. Schaufele, pilot,
Cpt E. R. Bade, copilot,
Cpl J. R. J. Scammel,
Sgt S. W. Pye.

The twin engine airplane departed Edmonton Industrial Airport at 0730LT on an instrument flight plan do Dawson Creek, carrying engineers and employees from the Western Construction & Lumber Company en route to Chetwynd on a mining prospective program. The flight continued without incident to Dawson Creek, and after receiving descent clearance and becoming clear of cloud the pilot refiled a VFR flight plan to Chetwynd, BC. When the aircraft failed to arrive at its destination, an air ground search was initiated. Search aircraft picked up signals from a crash position indicator and located the accident scene on the south slope of Mt Wartenbe, approximately 10 miles east-southeast of its destination airstrip. The aircraft had struck trees at the 3,800 feet elevation, approximately 200 feet below the apex of the mountain ridge. The aircraft had been in a shallow descending turn to the right heading in an easterly direction at comparatively high airspeed at the time of impact. All six occupants were killed.

Shortly after takeoff from Charlie Lake, the seaplane hit obstacles and crashed. All six occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

While searching mountainous terrain for a missing aircraft, the pilot entered a narrow mountain valley at low altitude. While attempting to round to come back out of it the aircraft struck a tall tree while in a 60° bank to the left. and crashed in flames and burned. Four Persons sustained fatal injuries.
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The Convair approached Campbell River with the weather just above minima (2-2,5 miles visibility, 400 feet broken ceiling and wind 110 degrees with gusts to 20 mph. The crew positioned the aircraft visually 2nm south of the airfield on a westerly heading preparatory to attempting an approach to the west. This would involve a right hand circuit flown above the broken south and west of the airport employing DME and ADF information. This improvised approach was not in accordance with published approach procedures under instrument conditions. After flying for 1 minute and 40 seconds the crew turned right. A few seconds after the captain expressed concern, the Convair struck a 1047 feet hill at 932 feet.

The aircraft was engaged in a charter flight from Malcolm Island to Duluth and the crew expedited the takeoff procedure to clear the runway for another aircraft who was scheduled to land. During the takeoff roll, at a speed of 60-70 knots, the airplane began to swerve. It continued for about 1,500 feet before it veered off runway and came to a halt. All 25 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

The pilot departed Port Hardy at 0925LT on this float equipped Beaver on a mail flight to Millbrook Cove and other remote areas. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was ever found. A partly burnt fuel gauge was found in the region of Bull Harbour on 16 June 1970 and it is believed it was part of the missing airplane.