- 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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