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| Date: | Wednesday 21 June 2023 |
| Time: | 13:37 |
| Type: |  Quest Kodiak 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-GKTX |
| MSN: | 100-0010 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 nm NW of Tofino, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Masset Airport, BC (ZMT/CZMT) |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A float-equipped Quest Kodiak 100 crashed 16 nm northwest of Tofino, British Columbia.
Two occupants died and two were injured and taken to hospital.
The Kodiak 100 had departed Masset Airport (CZMT), British Columbia (BC), on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight to Tofino/Long Beach Airport (CYAZ), BC, with 1 pilot and 3 passengers on board.
While enroute, at 12:46, the pilot contacted air traffic control to cancel IFR and continued the flight under visual flight rules (VFR). The aircraft continued the flight to the planned final destination, which was a cabin approximately 60 nautical miles northwest of CYAZ.
The aircraft followed an inlet (Tahsis Narrows) toward the destination and continued for a straight-in landing on the water, near the cabin.
On initial touchdown, both floats touched the surface of the water simultaneously. The aircraft bounced and, as the aircraft approached the surface of the landing area the 2nd time in a level attitude, the left float reportedly made contact with either a boat wake or object. The force of the contact resulted in the aircraft bouncing to a height of approximately 30 feet and banking to the right.
The pilot initiated a go-around. At 13:37, during the initial climb over land, the aircraft contacted trees and then impacted the terrain.
The pilot and 1 passenger were fatally injured, 1 passenger received serious injuries, and 1 passenger received minor injuries. There was a post-impact fire. The aircraft was destroyed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/deploiement-deployment/aviation/2023/20230621.html
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/2-people-taken-to-hospital-after-plane-crash-near-tofino-b-c-1.6450100
https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=531783&rfr=RchSimp.aspx
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CGKTX/history/20230620/1830Z/CZMT/CYAZ
History of this aircraft
Ex N1KL, N522CM
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2023 16:22 | harro | Added |
| 21-Jun-2023 16:24 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Jun-2023 17:07 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 15-Sep-2023 17:19 | Dédé Dupont | Updated |
| 08-May-2024 17:26 | ASN | Updated [Time, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report] |
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