C-FOCS (Cessna Aircraft Company 560) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FOCS.

May 29, 1997AccidentHull loss
Shortly after takeoff from Saskatoon, while in initial climb, the single engine aircraft nosed down and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot, sole on board, was seriously injured and the aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
Bought by Athabaska Airways four days prior to the accident, the aircraft was checked by the company's mechanics. It was determined that the loss of control was the consequence of an issue with the elevator control cables that were not installed in a properly manner by the people in charge of the maintenance. Full accident record

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Registrations are reused. 2 TSB records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FOCS.

May 29, 1997Accidentdestroyed
DE Havilland DHC-2 MK I · Saskatoon · A97C0089
A97c0089: c-focs, a dehavilland dhc-2 beaver, crashed on the runway during take off from the saskatoon airport. The aircraft burned and the injured pilot was taken to hospital. Field investigation found that the elevator control cables running from the elevator bellcrank assembly to the elevator torque tube lever arms…
May 13, 1988Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-2 MK I · Lac Caugnawana · A88Q0115
Le pilote sortait d'une petite baie a bord d'un hydravion pour aller se mettre en place pour un decollage en direction nord-ouest. Il venait tout juste de mettre un peu de puissance quand l'aile gauche s'est soulevee; le saumon droit a alors heurte la surface de l'eau et le flotteur droit s'est enfonce dans une vague…