- Date
- August 13, 2012, 17:29 local (Aug 14, 2012, 00:29 UTC)
- Place
- Kelowna, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- C-GLGJPiper PA-30
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84677
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 13, 2012, about 1729 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-30 airplane, (Canadian Registration C-GLGJ) was on a VFR flight plan from Penticton to Boundary Bay, British Columbia. The Canadian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre received an ELT signal, and a search was commenced. The aircraft had crashed in a wooded area near the Brenda Lake mine site, approximately 18 nm west of Kelowna, BC. One of the occupants was deceased, and the other three were transported to the hospital with critical injuries. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Canadian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Tel.: (1) 819-994-4252 (1) 819-997-7887 (24 hour) E-mail: airops@tsb.gc.ca Fax: (1) 819-953-9586 Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GLGJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocatingIO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Private
- Registered owner
- Private
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- Unknown