C-FJIK (Bellanca Aircraft Corp. 17-30A) — accident record & aircraft history

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on November 26, 1979. No route data will appear.

Safety history

November 26, 1979Accident
The Otter had been chartered to carry three passengers and a stove to a remote hunting and fishing lodge. On the return flight to Smithers, the environment conscious passengers elected to take their empty beer bottles with them, all 250 to 300 cases.
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter · 3 fatalities
It was determined that there were no less than 4,773 bottles on board. A weight and balance calculation on this discovery indicated that the gross weight of the Otter was 637 pounds over the maximum, with the CofG 11,5 inches aft of the rear limit. Full accident record

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (November 26, 1979).

November 26, 1979Accidentdestroyed
DE Havilland DHC-3 [OTTER] · Takla Narrows · 3 fatalities · A79P0106
A79p0106: the aircraft had been chartered to carry a stove and 3 passengers to a remote hunting and fishing lodge. On the return flight the passengers and 250 to 300 cases of empty beer bottles were to be carried. The passengers were in the cockpit and first row of seats; the rest of the aircraft was filled with beer…