If that is true, why was everyone else on the CR spit and area flying in very bad weather, below VFR minimums?
Think about it. You are just starting your flight. As you are gaining altitude over low mountains, your engine fails. Plenty of people heard "coughing and sputtering". Oil is spraying on the windshield. Smoke is coming off the exhaust. You have no choice but to head for water ... where there is a low fog bank and glassy water.
Edited to add: And the lack of injury to my husband would indicate the pilot did a fabulous job of getting the aircraft down under frightening conditions.
Look at the wreckage for yourself.
I'm not a troublemaker. The air taxi industry in Canada is in poor shape. Have you compared our accident rates to those of other countries? Do you know that you are more likely to die on the job as an air taxi pilot than you are as a logger here in BC?
The insurance company paid out to the owner before the wreck was found. They have never had any interest in viewing it. The owner promised to sign it over to us before we found it.
There is good reason to recover that engine. And good reason to do an investigation for cause - which causes began long before the flight.