- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 03, 1978 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Coal Harbour, BC, Canada |
Operator: | AirWest Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Victoria harbor - Victoria Harbor Water Aerodome |
AC Type: | de havilland Canada Twin Otter 200 |
Registration: | C-FAIV |
cn / ln: | 215 |
Aboard: | 13 (passengers:11 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 11 (passengers:9 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While on approach, the aircraft yawed to the left and plunged into the ocean in a left-wing and nose-down attitude and sank. In-flight failure of the left-hand inboard flap control rod that led to a sudden retraction of the complete left-hand flap system and sudden loss of control. |
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