13807 — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

June 14, 1986AccidentHull loss
The aircraft, with a crew of three and five civilian spotters, was engaged in an Air Search Mission in the Kananaskis area west of Calgary, after two airplanes were missing. The weather was good and the terrain consisted of hills and valleys with peaks up to 7,000 feet. The search profile was a 500 feet AGL contour search.
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · 8 fatalities
The following causal factors were identified: Personnel - Pilot - Visual illusion - The pilot at the controls of the aircraft carried out an overhead recce of the valley. The lighting conditions, absence of shadows and lack of contrast in the valley was such that the rock outcrop was masked by the surrounding rockface. Full accident record