C-GPCD (Bell Helicopter Company Division OF Bell Aerospace Corporation A Textron Company 47G-4)

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on August 3, 2008. No route data will appear.

Safety history

August 3, 2008Accident
At 0708 Pacific daylight time, the Pacific Coastal Airlines G-21A amphibian (registration C-GPCD, serial number B76) operating as a charter flight departed Port Hardy Airport, British Columbia, on a visual flight rules flight to Chamiss Bay, British Columbia.
Grumman G-21A Goose · 5 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. While likely climbing to fly above a cloud-covered ridge and below the overcast ceiling, the aircraft stalled aerodynamically at a height from which full recovery could not be made before striking the trees. 2. Full accident record

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (August 3, 2008).

August 3, 2008Accidentdestroyed
Grumman G-21A · Alice Lake · 5 fatalities · A08P0241
A08P0241: The Pacific Coastal G-21A amphibian C-GPCD took off from Port Hardy for a VFR flight to Chamiss Bay. When the aircraft did not arrive at its destination a search was initiated. The wreckage was located near Alice Lake. The aircraft had crashed into a mountainside and was destroyed. A post-crash fire…
December 10, 1991Incident
Beech 200 · St.john's, Nfld · A91A0247
The ATC clearance along with the climb restriction for cdn 477 was passed from gander centre to st.john's tower. The clearance without the climb restriction was passed to cdn 477 by the tower. The climb restriction was issued due to inbound speedair 991 which was cleared for an ils rny 11 to cross the oscar beacon at…
June 15, 1988Incident
Beech 200 · ST John's · A88A0146
The Boeing 737 was completing a scheduled flight from Halifax, Nova Scotia to St. John's, Newfoundland, and air traffic control (ATC) had cleared the aircraft for a straight-in instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 11. The aircraft was west of the airport, on a long final at 1,500 feet asl, in visual…