The Transportation Safety Board says a single-engine plane (Beechcraft Bonanza) crashed on a highway north of Osoyoos at about 5pm Tuesday. Spokesman Bill Yearwood says the plane ended up on Highway 97 and its only occupant escaped before flames engulfed the aircraft. Yearwood says investigators don’t know why the plane crashed. Yearwood said the 4 seater was travelling […]

Chopper pointed his nose into the sun and headed south and likely west to Vancouver for the best burn unit in BC at Vancouver General.

Most likely a Beechcraft Bonanza 36 similar to picture shown here. One source indicated that a plane similar was to leave Oliver today for the coast. This pilot, a resident of Osoyoos, was heading to Boundary Bay airport today. Nothing has been confirmed by the authorities.

South of 122nd Avenue in Osoyoos’s fruit stand district. Highway 97 was closed late this afternoon north of Osoyoos (near 122nd Avenue) after a single-engine airplane crashed and burned on the asphalt. The pilot who was alone in the small aircraft, survived. It is not clear whether the pilot was attempting an emergency landing. It […]

Time: 5pm 122nd Avenue and Highway 97 4 miles north of Osoyoos Light plane attempts to land because of flight difficulties – hits pavement loses his wheels crashes into utility police – fire erupts – he gets out. Police fire and ambulance on the scene. Pilot taken to SO General Hospital for treatment and possible […]