Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 5 March 1974
Aircraft Type: Grumman G-73 Mallard
Owner/operator: North Coast Air Services
Registration Number: CF-HPA
Location: 3 km SE of Prince Rupert-Seal Cove Airport, BC (ZSW) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: The aircraft itself.The aircraft itself.
Category: Accident
An overloaded G-73 Mallard aircraft struck a hill 3 kilometers southeast of its departure point in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.An overloaded G-73 Mallard aircraft struck a hill 3 kilometers southeast of its departure point in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Description
The G-73 Mallard took off overloaded and downwind from Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. It struck a hill 3 km southeast of the departure point.
Source of Information
http://www.goodall.com.au/grumman-amphibians/grummanmallard.pdf, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PKRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NOADAAAAIBAJ&dq=canada%20plane%20crash&pg=5544%2C1438361http://www.goodall.com.au/grumman-amphibians/grummanmallard.pdf, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PKRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NOADAAAAIBAJ&dq=canada%20plane%20crash&pg=5544%2C1438361Primary Cause
Overloading of the aircraft.Overloading of the aircraft.Share on:
