C-FOCJ — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

August 4, 1998Accident
The float-equipped de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, serial number 0039, departed Prince Rupert, British Columbia, at 1719 Pacific daylight time on a visual flight rules flight to Kincolith, British Columbia, with the pilot and four passengers on board.
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver · 5 fatalities
On touchdown, the float(s) struck the water and caused a flying attitude that the pilot could not control before the right wing dug in and the aircraft overturned. Contributing to the accident were conflicting wind and water conditions at the time of the occurrence. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

August 4, 1998Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-2 (BEAVER) · BA3 Kincolith · 5 fatalities · A98P0215
A98P0215: The float-equipped de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (C-FOCJ, s.no. 0039) departed Prince Rupert, BC, at 1719 PDT on a VFR flight to Kincolith, with the pilot and 4 passengers on board. When the aircraft arrived at Kincolith at about 1750, witnesses watched it carry out 3 low approaches to the water landing area…

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