What: Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft chartered to deliver personnel and supplies to an energy project under construction for Plutonic Power Corporation in Toba Valley. The flight left Vancouver at 10:17 a.m. for Powell River but never arrived.
Where: crashed into a hillside on Thormanby Island 56 miles Northwest of Vancouver
When: Sunday
Who: 8 aboard, 1 survivor. The badly burned survivor took approximately two hours to climb down from the crash site. Terrain and foggy weather hampered rescuers.
Why: under investigation
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You need to find a different photo of a Goose; the one you have is N77AQ, a McKinnon G-21G turbine Super Goose, built in 1969 (ref. TC 4A24). PASCO does not operate G-21G's; they fly Grumman G-21A's (ref. TC 654). There are plenty of pix out there of radial-powered Grumman G-21A's.
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