Float plane crash

This image from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada shows where a fatal floatplane crash occurred on June 20, 2023. (TSB image)

TSB says fatal floatplane crash near Tofino caused by unexpected wake or object

Transportation Safety Board of Canada adds unpredictable winds near Tahsis could have been a factor

 

Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa on Monday, May 1, 2023. The Transportation Safety Board says several factors may have played into the crash of an air taxi in B.C.’s Chilcotin region two years ago, including poor visibility and the pilot’s motivation to get to Lorna Lake after cancelling earlier in the day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Pressure to complete flight after failed attempt factor in B.C. crash: TSB

Pilot, 2 passengers aboard 2022 Tyax Beaver float plane Chilcotin flight were injured

 

The Transportation Safety Board logo is seen in this undated handout. The wreckage of a Cessna float plane has been found in Strachan Bay, on British Columbia’s central coast, less than two days after it crashed, killing all three aboard.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-TSB

Crews find wreckage of fatal B.C. plane crash, TSB team deployed to site

RCMP dive team has been deployed to assist at the crash scene north of Port Hardy

 

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search the area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. Crews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage. rews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington state. The National Transportation Board said Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 it will work with the Navy to collect the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Probe finds potential cause of Puget Sound seaplane crash that killed 10 people

National Transportation Safety Board found component that moves plane’s tail had come apart

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search the area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. Crews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage. rews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington state. The National Transportation Board said Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 it will work with the Navy to collect the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)