De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Aug 16, 2013 (2 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on August 16, 2013 near Hesquiat Lake, British Columbia, Canada with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot flew just above...
- Date: August 16, 2013
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Hesquiat Lake, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot flew just above the treetops into instrument conditions and rising terrain and struck a tree significantly taller than the others. The TSB also cited the company's lack of effective monitoring of pilot decision-making, and the lack of push-out windows and shoulder harnesses that could have aided escape.
A DHC-2 Beaver floatplane (C-GPVB) operated by Air Nootka left Hesquiat Lake, British Columbia, for Gold River with a pilot and five passengers in rain and low cloud. About 3 nm west of the lake it struck a tree top and crashed, and a post-crash fire developed. The pilot and one passenger died shortly afterward; the other four survived.