# NTSB ANC12WA087: Piper PA-30, Kelowna, Canada, August 14, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 13, 2012, 17:29 local (Aug 14, 2012, 00:29 UTC)
- Place: Kelowna, Canada
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC12WA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12WA087

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Lycoming IO-320 160 horsepower reciprocating; IO-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Private
- Registered owner: Private
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- 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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