CFCTC
Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-23-250 · built 1967
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on May 20, 1985. No route data will appear.
Safety history
- May 20, 1985Accident
THE ACFT IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN AT THE 1860 FT LEVEL DURING AN IFR FLT IN IMC CONDITIONS. THE ACFT WAS REPORTEDLY TO FLY 'VFR ON TOP' OR IFR AT 3000 PLUS FT ENROUTE TO PORTLAND.THE PLT WAS OFF COURSE FOR DESTINATION WHEN IT IMPACTED MT. BLYN.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file
Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (May 20, 1985).
- May 20, 1985Accidentdestroyed
A85F4003: The Piper PA 23-250, registration C-FCTC, crashed into trees and rising terrain at about the 1860 foot level of Mount Blyn, near Blyn, Washington, while on a VFR flight from Nanaimo, B.C. To Portland, Oregon. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact forces and by a severe post-impact fire, and the private…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).