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![Figure 1. Lower aft fuselage damage and broken off tail strike switch on the occurrence aircraft (Source: Third party [with permission], with TSB annotations)](/sites/default/files/styles/two_by_one/public/2024-11/A24W0038-figure-01-BIL.jpg?itok=VA8GtEqj "Figure 1. Lower aft fuselage damage and broken off tail strike switch on the occurrence aircraft (Source: Third party [with permission], with TSB annotations)")
Table 3. Accidents involving Canadian-registered fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft by type of operation
| October | Year to date (October) | ||||
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2024 | 2023 | 2019-2023 average | 2024 | 2023 | 2019-2023 average | |
Table 2. Occurrences involving Canadian-registered aircraft
| October | Year to date (October) | ||||
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2024 | 2023 | 2019-2023 average | 2024 | 2023 | 2019-2023 average | |
Table 1. Reportable aircraft occurrences
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2024 | 2023 | 2019-2023 average | 2024 | 2023 | 2019-2023 average | |
TSB is deploying a team of investigators following a runway overrun at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia
TSB releases investigation report on 2023 runway overrun of a passenger aircraft in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Air transportation safety investigation A24P0107
The occurrence
On 02 October 2024, a Cessna A185F aircraft operated by Wilderness Seaplanes Ltd. departed Port Hardy Water Aerodrome, British Columbia (BC), en route to a logging camp in Warner Bay, BC, with one pilot and two passengers on board.
During the landing phase, the aircraft made contact with the water, and the pilot lost control. The aircraft came to rest with the fuselage under water.
