# NTSB ANC09WA013: Grumman G-21A, Vancouver, Canada, November 16, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 16, 2008, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Vancouver, Canada
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transport Safety Board (TSB)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69478
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC09WA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69478/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09WA013

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 16, 2008, about 1030 pacific standard time, a Grumman G-21A airplane, Canadian registration C-FPCK, collided with tree-covered terrain about 40 miles northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Impact forces and a postimpact fire destroyed the airplane. The flight was conducted under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations of Canada. Of the eight people aboard, the pilot and six passengers died at the scene, and one passenger sustained serious injuries. This report is for information purposes only. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, and contains only the information released by, or obtained from the Government of Canada. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada (819) 994-4252

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FPCK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1187
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd
- Registered owner: Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CYVR, Vancouver
- Destination: Toba Inlet
- Flight plan: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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