Cyclic Hotline
19th Jul 2001, 22:30
Condolences to Tim's family and his colleagues and employees at Transwest.
Pilot dies after plane crashes in test flight
John Colebourn The Province
Legendary bush and helicopter pilot Tim McEvoy died yesterday when the float plane he was trying for the first time crashed into Cultus Lake.
McEvoy, 47, who owns Transwest Helicopters in Chilliwack, was in the Cessna 206 float plane with his brother Terry and another male passenger under good flying conditions when they experienced problems.
"The landing went wrong," said Transwest chief pilot Jim Henderson last night.
"You prepare for it, but never expect it," he said of the tragedy that killed his boss.
The plane McEvoy was flying was new, but Henderson said the veteran pilot had previous experience flying that type of float plane.
He also said his boss had years of experience flying both helicopters and planes fighting fires throughout B.C. and northern Canada.
"He's a very, very experienced pilot," said Henderson.
"He has over 20 years bush experience. He's been flying all over northern Canada fighting forest fires."
McEvoy has a wife and two children.
The Cessna flipped upside down and McEvoy died at the scene, said Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Bryon Massie.
The other two men in the plane were taken to hospital with injuries that were undetermined late last night.
Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board were called to the accident, said Massie.
Henderson was not certain who was flying the plane.
Cultus Lake, near Chilliwack, is a popular summer resort area.
A number of witnesses using jet skis went to the scene to help.
Some witnesses said the plane appeared to be in trouble as it came down to land on the lake.
It flipped, and the two survivors managed to get out of the damaged plane.
Pilot dies after plane crashes in test flight
John Colebourn The Province
Legendary bush and helicopter pilot Tim McEvoy died yesterday when the float plane he was trying for the first time crashed into Cultus Lake.
McEvoy, 47, who owns Transwest Helicopters in Chilliwack, was in the Cessna 206 float plane with his brother Terry and another male passenger under good flying conditions when they experienced problems.
"The landing went wrong," said Transwest chief pilot Jim Henderson last night.
"You prepare for it, but never expect it," he said of the tragedy that killed his boss.
The plane McEvoy was flying was new, but Henderson said the veteran pilot had previous experience flying that type of float plane.
He also said his boss had years of experience flying both helicopters and planes fighting fires throughout B.C. and northern Canada.
"He's a very, very experienced pilot," said Henderson.
"He has over 20 years bush experience. He's been flying all over northern Canada fighting forest fires."
McEvoy has a wife and two children.
The Cessna flipped upside down and McEvoy died at the scene, said Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Bryon Massie.
The other two men in the plane were taken to hospital with injuries that were undetermined late last night.
Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board were called to the accident, said Massie.
Henderson was not certain who was flying the plane.
Cultus Lake, near Chilliwack, is a popular summer resort area.
A number of witnesses using jet skis went to the scene to help.
Some witnesses said the plane appeared to be in trouble as it came down to land on the lake.
It flipped, and the two survivors managed to get out of the damaged plane.