# NTSB ANC16WA045: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I, Telegraph Creek, Canada, July 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 16, 2016, 05:20 local (05:20 UTC)
- Place: Telegraph Creek, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93641
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC16WA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93641/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93641
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16WA045

## 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) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 15, 2016, about 0520 Coordinated Universal Time, a Canadian registered De Havilland DHC-2 Mk I airplane on floats, C-GWDW, owned and operated by Tsayta Aviation Ltd, impacted terrain approximately 15 nm east south east of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, Canada. The airplane was flying a visual flight rules flight from Telegraph Creek Water Aerodrome, British Columbia, Canada, to Mowdade Lake, British Columbia. The airplane was destroyed, and the sole pilot was fatally injured. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board. This report is for informational 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 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 Tel: 1 (800) 387-3557 Fax: 1 (819) 997-2239 Email: airops@tsb.gc.ca Web: http://www.tsb.gc.ca Occurrence Number: A16P0116

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GWDW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I (MARKI)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 306
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney R 985-AN-1 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: Tsayta Aviation Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: CAH9, Telegraph Creek
- Destination: Dease Lake
- Flight plan: VFR

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 17, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93641. 359 KB in all.

- TSB Initial Notification (item 1, .PDF, 146 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40443173&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=TSB%20Initial%20Notification-Master.PDF
- Correspondence, Accredited Rep Letter (item 2, .PDF, 213 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40443174&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Correspondence,%20Accredited%20Rep%20Letter-Master.PDF

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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