Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
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Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
I didn’t see this posted anywhere yet. This sounds like it could be one of the Telus machines?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6883650
Two people are dead and two injured after a plane crashed on Vancouver Island's west coast, according to first responders.
Mounties said in a release Wednesday that Nootka Sound RCMP were notified of a plane crash near Mizona Point on the Tahsis Inlet, a remote area around 300 kilometres northwest of Victoria, around 2 p.m. PT Tuesday.
RCMP said four people were on board the aircraft, which the federal Transportation Safety Board (TSB) identified as a single-propeller Quest Kodiak 100 plane with floats.
Mounties and the TSB said the plane was flying from Masset on Haida Gwaii, around 600 kilometres northwest of the crash site, to Tofino. The TSB said the plane crashed on the ground 111 kilometres from Tofino and caught fire.
The small municipality of Tahsis is located at the head of the Tahsis inlet. Some people from community posted online Tuesday that they saw smoke from the crash.
The red line on this Google map shows the approximate route a plane that crashed on Tuesday June 20, 2023 flew from the northeastern tip of Haida Gwaii where it crashed near the Tahsis Inlet
The red line on this Google map shows the approximate route a plane, which crashed on Tuesday June 20, 2023, flew from the northeastern tip of Haida Gwaii where it crashed near the Tahsis Inlet. RCMP says the plane was bound for Tofino. (Google Maps)
The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) and the Coast Guard responded to the emergency while Nootka Sound RCMP went with a police boat.
"Once on scene, Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technicians hoisted two personnel on board the helicopter for transfer to EHS [Emergency Health Services]," said Kelly Stark with the JRCC.
The centre said it was alerted to an emergency locator beacon at 1:42 p.m. PT Tuesday, and rescue vessels, helicopters and a C130 Hercules military plane responded.
A surfer watches as four helicopters fly overhead of Long Beach near Tofino, B.C. on June 20, 2023.
A surfer watches as four helicopters fly over Long Beach near Tofino, B.C., on Tuesday. (Gian Paolo Mendoza/CBC News)
The other two people on board the aircraft were taken to Comox, on Vancouver Island's east coast, where paramedics transported them to hospital.
BCEHS has not provided details of their injuries.
Weather a possible cause: RCMP
The TSB, which investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation incidents with the aim of improving transportation safety, has deployed a team of investigators to the scene. They will work with RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service to determine the cause of the crash.
Wildfire crews also responded to monitor the fire, which, RCMP said, burned a small area.
Cpl. Alex Berube told CBC News that initial information suggests weather conditions might have been a factor in the crash.
The Quest Kodiak 100 plane can carry up to 10 people, according to the manufacturer's website.
Mounties are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the Nootka Sound RCMP at 250-283-2227.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6883650
Two people are dead and two injured after a plane crashed on Vancouver Island's west coast, according to first responders.
Mounties said in a release Wednesday that Nootka Sound RCMP were notified of a plane crash near Mizona Point on the Tahsis Inlet, a remote area around 300 kilometres northwest of Victoria, around 2 p.m. PT Tuesday.
RCMP said four people were on board the aircraft, which the federal Transportation Safety Board (TSB) identified as a single-propeller Quest Kodiak 100 plane with floats.
Mounties and the TSB said the plane was flying from Masset on Haida Gwaii, around 600 kilometres northwest of the crash site, to Tofino. The TSB said the plane crashed on the ground 111 kilometres from Tofino and caught fire.
The small municipality of Tahsis is located at the head of the Tahsis inlet. Some people from community posted online Tuesday that they saw smoke from the crash.
The red line on this Google map shows the approximate route a plane that crashed on Tuesday June 20, 2023 flew from the northeastern tip of Haida Gwaii where it crashed near the Tahsis Inlet
The red line on this Google map shows the approximate route a plane, which crashed on Tuesday June 20, 2023, flew from the northeastern tip of Haida Gwaii where it crashed near the Tahsis Inlet. RCMP says the plane was bound for Tofino. (Google Maps)
The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) and the Coast Guard responded to the emergency while Nootka Sound RCMP went with a police boat.
"Once on scene, Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technicians hoisted two personnel on board the helicopter for transfer to EHS [Emergency Health Services]," said Kelly Stark with the JRCC.
The centre said it was alerted to an emergency locator beacon at 1:42 p.m. PT Tuesday, and rescue vessels, helicopters and a C130 Hercules military plane responded.
A surfer watches as four helicopters fly overhead of Long Beach near Tofino, B.C. on June 20, 2023.
A surfer watches as four helicopters fly over Long Beach near Tofino, B.C., on Tuesday. (Gian Paolo Mendoza/CBC News)
The other two people on board the aircraft were taken to Comox, on Vancouver Island's east coast, where paramedics transported them to hospital.
BCEHS has not provided details of their injuries.
Weather a possible cause: RCMP
The TSB, which investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation incidents with the aim of improving transportation safety, has deployed a team of investigators to the scene. They will work with RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service to determine the cause of the crash.
Wildfire crews also responded to monitor the fire, which, RCMP said, burned a small area.
Cpl. Alex Berube told CBC News that initial information suggests weather conditions might have been a factor in the crash.
The Quest Kodiak 100 plane can carry up to 10 people, according to the manufacturer's website.
Mounties are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the Nootka Sound RCMP at 250-283-2227.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
According to the Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, the plane’s registered owner is Cameron Robinson of Sherwood Park, Alberta.
See the CHEK news link I just posted.
See the CHEK news link I just posted.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
What a crock of shit. The other 100 airplanes flying that area at the same time didn't crash. The "if only it had been clear blue sky daylight it wouldn't have crashed" defence. Idiocy.Weather a possible cause: RCMP
Heard another source say it was on wheels. Makes no difference really, should have been a vanilla milk run IFR trip between two IFR airports without going over 10,000 feet.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CGK ... Z/tracklog
Looks like maybe started IFR, cancelled, then were flying VFR. Weather at the time looks like broken/scattered layers on the west coast.
Looks like maybe started IFR, cancelled, then were flying VFR. Weather at the time looks like broken/scattered layers on the west coast.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
Are there any Kodiak pilots on here? I'm hearing it might be a fuel thing...as in not enough.
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Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
I just flight planned the route and I seriously doubt that fuel starvation was an issue. Although there isn’t much between ZMT-YAZ (380 ish NM) Bella Bella would have been an easy diversion mid point. Unless they figured that they were running skinny on fuel and were attempting to make P. Hardy?
The Kodiak is a fairly capable bird with a relatively simple fuel system. This trip should have been easy peasy….
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Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
Is that kept in that nice big hangar near the runway at Cooking Lake?
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
Yup, that's the one.
Being stupid around airplanes is a capital offence and nature is a hanging judge!
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Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
Damn.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
The Kodiak can carry 2100lbs of fuel. I’ve done 675nm in the wheeled version with a 30kt headwind. So that trip should have been no problem. But I guess it all boils down to how much fuel was put on for the trip.
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Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
One think if there was fire there was fuel. Never seen a fire without a combustable feeling it.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
From TSB.......
C-GKTX, a privately-registered Quest Kodiak 100 amphibious float-equipped aircraft, was
conducting a flight from Masset (CYZT), BC to a cabin located approximately 60 nautical miles
northwest of Tofino (CYAZ), BC with 4 persons on board. During a go around from a balked
landing, the aircraft impacted the terrain. The pilot and 1 passenger were fatally injured, 1
passenger received serious injuries, and 1 occupant received minor injuries. The aircraft was
destroyed. The emergency locator transmitter signal was received by the Joint Rescue
Coordination Centre in Victoria, BC. Coast Guard, Search and Rescue, RCMP, and fire personnel
responded. There was a post-crash fire.
C-GKTX, a privately-registered Quest Kodiak 100 amphibious float-equipped aircraft, was
conducting a flight from Masset (CYZT), BC to a cabin located approximately 60 nautical miles
northwest of Tofino (CYAZ), BC with 4 persons on board. During a go around from a balked
landing, the aircraft impacted the terrain. The pilot and 1 passenger were fatally injured, 1
passenger received serious injuries, and 1 occupant received minor injuries. The aircraft was
destroyed. The emergency locator transmitter signal was received by the Joint Rescue
Coordination Centre in Victoria, BC. Coast Guard, Search and Rescue, RCMP, and fire personnel
responded. There was a post-crash fire.
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
TSB report is out. On floats and a go around that did not go well.
On initial touchdown, both floats touched the surface of the water simultaneously. The aircraft bounced and, as the aircraft approached the surface of the landing area the 2nd time in a level attitude, the left float reportedly made contact with either a boat wake or object.Footnote2 The force of the contact resulted in the aircraft bouncing to a height of approximately 30 feet and banking to the right.
The pilot initiated a go-around. At 1337, during the initial climb over land, the aircraft contacted trees and then impacted the terrain.
The pilot and 1 passenger were fatally injured, 1 passenger received serious injuries, and 1 passenger received minor injuries. There was a post-impact fire. The aircraft was destroyed.
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... p0061.html
On initial touchdown, both floats touched the surface of the water simultaneously. The aircraft bounced and, as the aircraft approached the surface of the landing area the 2nd time in a level attitude, the left float reportedly made contact with either a boat wake or object.Footnote2 The force of the contact resulted in the aircraft bouncing to a height of approximately 30 feet and banking to the right.
The pilot initiated a go-around. At 1337, during the initial climb over land, the aircraft contacted trees and then impacted the terrain.
The pilot and 1 passenger were fatally injured, 1 passenger received serious injuries, and 1 passenger received minor injuries. There was a post-impact fire. The aircraft was destroyed.
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... p0061.html
Re: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
It would seem that one should always consider what their go-around capabilities are compared to obstacles in the go-around path. For the typical landplane pilot, it is usually not an issue. Floatplane pilots tend to operate in such an environment on a more frequent basis.
If open encounters a situation, whether in a landplane or a floatplane, but still decides to attempt a landing, it might be wise to say to oneself in advance that there will be no go-around. If the landing is botched in a floatplane, they will choose to continue with some sort of further touchdown as hitting the shoreline at relatively slow speed is preferable to hitting terrain on a go-around.
If open encounters a situation, whether in a landplane or a floatplane, but still decides to attempt a landing, it might be wise to say to oneself in advance that there will be no go-around. If the landing is botched in a floatplane, they will choose to continue with some sort of further touchdown as hitting the shoreline at relatively slow speed is preferable to hitting terrain on a go-around.
