Fort Langley Air - Tyax Resort

[tyax air]

I case anyone is wondering about the accident on Tyaughton Lake last weekend involving Fort Langley Air C180
Aug 1st: 3500' 28 degrees, 3 guys and gear on board, low time pilot.
eyewitness says they were attempting another one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=BlT2LFQGpCQ

[JasonE]

Video link is invalid.

[emmjayy]

I think this is the link he was trying for.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlT2LFQGpCQ

One of my best friends was in the lake at time of crash. First on scene and took the pilot to shore.

[pelmet]

Is the low turn to final a requirement for landing in this location?

[Victory]

Scary looking maneuver.

[tyax air]

That was an attempted take off and ran out of lake.

[180]

Holy shit! You’d think a guy would shit his pants doing that once and never back himself into that same corner again.

A very sad scenario.

Condolences to the victim’s families and friends.

[Posthumane]

Thanks for the update on this accident. A friend from a while back was one of the deceased. Not sure if he was training the pilot or just along for a ride.

If that video is a turn around just after takeoff, the guy seems to lose a fair amount of altitude in the turn when already in a low energy state.

[cncpc]

Does Fort Langley Air rent floats?

[TheRealMcCoy]

I'll join in on the arm chair flying... I don't know the lake but he looked high enough to clear the low spot? and seems the valley beyond was decent to go out of?

hindsight's 20/20 but if that was a turn back for running out of lake, shoulda put her back on the water

[Redneck_pilot86]

Looks more like he was trying to buzz his buddy in the filming airplane.

[Glasnost]

That’s not what happened. It was a steep turn gone bad, but for none of those reasons. You can read about it in the report.

[Victory]

Not a good sign whenever another pilot pulls out their camera and says I gotta get this on video.

[pelmet]

Fly the airplane, don't panic and go back for a normal landing. It is only a fuel leak......probably forgot the gas cap.

"C-FCDQ, a float-equipped Cessna 180H aircraft operated by Fort Langley Air, was taking off from Tyaughton Lake, BC with 3 persons on board for a photography flight. As the aircraft was climbing through approximately 300 feet shortly after takeoff, the instructor pilot, who was seated in the back left seat, observed fuel leaking from the left wing. The instructor pilot informed the pilot flying about the fuel leak, and instructed to turn back and land on the lake. The pilot flying reduced the airspeed and initiated right turn. Shortly after the turn was initiated, control of the aircraft was lost and the aircraft impacted the surface of the lake. The aircraft came to rest inverted in water, approximately 10 to 15 feet deep, and 50 feet from the shore of the lake. The instructor pilot and the passenger were fatally injured; the pilot flying sustained serious injuries. The ELT did not transmit a signal and there was no post-impact fire."

[pelmet]

Accident report out...

https://tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/ ... 8p0108.pdf

Very low time pilot. Steep turn at low altitude while likely pulling back on the control column during the quick return.

I have left the fuel cap off an aircraft before. I am embarrassed to say I have done it twice(but not in a long time and now I double check). In both cases, the aircraft flew for quite a while, came back and still had plenty of fuel. There is no need to rush if you have a reasonable amount of fuel. That being said, if the cap is chained to the aircraft, it bang around and chip paint(ask me how I know) so a safe slower speed may be helpful.