quelques infos sur la chute de ce Beaver, visiblement maintenu en parfait état par une compagnie canadienne au dessus de tout soupçon :
l'avion avait 52 ans, avait passé une grande visite l'an dernier, le pilote etait expérimenté sur la machine ;
article en anglais d' Aviation Web reçu dans mon mail ce matin
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/b ... -full.html
Beaver Crash Cause Unknown
The pilot of a Beaver floatplane that crashed appears to be the only one who can shed light on the cause of the accident, which killed six passengers on Sunday off British Columbia's west coast. The Seair Beaver had just left Saturna Island, about 30 miles south of Vancouver, when witnesses said it \"nosedived\" into the water.
The unidentified pilot and a female passenger survived but the other six, including a six-month-old baby, never got out and the airplane sunk to the bottom of the shallow strait between B.C.'s mainland and Vancouver Island.
The aircraft was recovered Tuesday but so far officials have said there is nothing unusual about the wreck. It will be examined thoroughly but the pilot, who remains in hospital with multiple injuries, has not yet provided a statement.
Seair is a British Columbia charter airline that, according to industry officials, has a stellar reputation for maintenance and operations. The aircraft, which was featured in the Harrison Ford movie Six Days and Seven Nights in the late 1990s
went through a full overhaul about a year ago. It was built in 1957 but is one of more than 600 Beavers still in service all over the world. Weather conditions were not considered unusual. The pilot had six years of experience, three of them with Seair.
NB la photo montre qu'il s'agit d'un Beaver classique à piston / essence et non d'un modèle ''mazout turbinisé'' !
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3424/seairbeaver.jpg