C-FISS — 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

February 20, 2002Accident
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance/altitude while reversing course and turning towards rising, tree covered terrain in downdraft conditions. Contributing factors were trees, rising terrain, downdrafts and the pilot's in-flight decision to turn towards rather than away from steeper terrain during his course reversal.
Cessna 172
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance/altitude while reversing course and turning towards rising, tree covered terrain in downdraft conditions. Contributing factors were trees, rising terrain, downdrafts and the pilot's in-flight decision to turn towards rather than away from steeper terrain during his course reversal. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (February 20, 2002).

February 20, 2002Accidentdestroyed
Cessna 172 · Concrete, 2 NM NE · A02F0022
A02F0022: The Cessna 172 (C-FISS) took off from Langley BC, with only the pilot onboard, reportedly for a VFR flight to Chilliwack. The aircraft later collided with the terrain in Washington State near Concrete. The pilot was following the Skagit River eastbound approximately 1500-1800 feet above sea level when…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).