One dead in B.C. training flight crash, TSB investigating

RICHMOND — A 22-year-old man is dead after the plane he was flying crashed in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.

RCMP in Mission, B.C., say they responded to reports of a loud crash in the Hatzic area on the city’s eastern outskirts just after 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Mounties say officers and firefighters found debris from a small plane, then located the man’s body.

They say he was alone on board as he conducted a training flight.

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board says it has deployed a team to investigate the crash that occurred about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver.

It marks the third deployment to the province for TSB investigators this month due to fatal aviation incidents.

Last week, a plane made an emergency landing on a highway in Prince George, B.C., striking several vehicles and killing one person.

A mid-air collision between two planes over Chilliwack, B.C., also resulted in a fatality earlier this month.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 27, 2026.