Disappearance and Search
On an unspecified date, a scheduled visual flight rules (VFR) flight departed Terrace, British Columbia, at approximately 1005 Pacific standard time (PST). The aircraft followed a route to Iskut, Dease Lake, Bronson Creek, and back to Terrace. All legs up to Bronson Creek were completed without incident. The aircraft departed Bronson Creek for Terrace at about 1350 with the pilot and three passengers on board.
Ten minutes after departure, the pilot spoke via radio with another pilot flying from Smithers to Bronson Creek as the two aircraft passed each other approximately 20 miles east of Bronson Creek, 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; the pilot did not report any problem.
After the aircraft was reported missing, an air and ground search commenced but was eventually abandoned without finding the aircraft. No emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal was detected.
Discovery of Wreckage
Nearly four years after the accident, on 05 August 1994, the wreckage was found by chance.
Probable Cause
The official investigation determined the probable cause: the pilot likely attempted to continue the visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions.