Accident | |
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Date | 31 July 2010 |
Summary | Collision with trees, low altitude stall-spin |
Site | Approx. 17 km SE of Lytton, British Columbia, Canada 50°05′38″N 121°31′59″W / 50.094°N 121.533°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Convair CV-580 Airtanker |
Operator | Conair Aviation |
Call sign | TANKER 448 |
Registration | C-FKFY |
Flight origin | Kamloops Airport, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
Destination | Kamloops Airport |
Occupants | 2 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 31 July 2010, a Convair CV-580 Airtanker aircraft operated by Conair Aviation crashed while on a firefighting mission near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada. Both crew members, the only people on board, were killed.[1]
The following investigation found no evidence of mechanical faults, and concluded that visual illusion during low-altitude flying may have prevented the pilot from accurately assessing the flight path in sufficient time to avoid trees and rising terrain.[2]