The TSB said the shallowness of the water on the sandbar helped save the occupants’ lives and gave them time to get out of the aircraft
A Cessna A185F float plane lost control during takeoff before cartwheeling and ending up inverted in shallow water in Tofino Harbour last year in part because of the wake from a boat, a Transportation Safety Board investigation has determined.
The plane had been scheduled for several flights during the day, and had its first flight delayed by fog. The TSB said takeoff on the flight that ended in the crash was delayed because of boat traffic on its selected path. The aircraft subsequently lifted off the water at a low airspeed, the TSB said, possibly as a result of the wake from a second boat or because of the way the controls were used.
With winds blowing west-northwest at two knots and no wind chop on the water, weather was not considered a factor.
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