Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, May 18, 2006 (1 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on May 18, 2006 near Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot entered the valley...
- Date: May 18, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot entered the valley too low for the aircraft's performance and then turned in steep rising terrain, where a high-weight, heavily modified aircraft could not out-climb or maintain turn clearance. The TSB also flagged the flight permit and equipment modifications.
A Cessna T207A flying on a special flight permit for environmental air-quality survey work left Pemberton, British Columbia, on 18 May 2006 bound for Edmonton. It flew into a mountain pass with rising terrain, turned to reverse course and struck terrain in the turn. A post-crash fire destroyed most of the airframe and the lone pilot was killed.