Pilot and Port Hardy Seaplane Company Sue Each Other over Bella Bella Crash

Pilot and Port Hardy seaplane company sue each other over Bella Bella crash

A Port Hardy-based seaplane company and its former chief pilot are suing each other over a December 2023 crash where a twin-engine plane lost power shortly after takeoff from Bella Bella and crashed into dense forest.

Water-contaminated fuel led to 2023 plane crash near Bella Bella, B.C.: TSB

Federal investigators say the use of fuel contaminated with water caused the failure of both engines in a plane that crashed on British Columbia’s central coast. The Transportation Safety Board says in a report that the Dec. 18, 2023, crash of a Wilderness Seaplanes Ltd. Grumman Goose seaplane happened shortly after the aircraft took off from Bella Bella, B.C. The pilot and four passengers onboard suffered minor injuries, and the plane was subst…