Update: 22-year-old pilot deceased after plane crash north of Mission Wednesday night

The Mission RCMP is currently working with Transport Canada to support the Transportation Safety Board’s (TSB) ongoing investigation, which aims to understand the circumstances, causes, and contributing factors of this crash.

Original story:

HATZIC, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has deployed a team to investigate what it calls a plane accident north of Mission.

A statement from the federal agency says the incident happened Wednesday near Mission, B.C., about 70 kilometres southeast of Vancouver.

The agency says it involved a small aircraft, but released few other details.

BC Emergency Health Services confirmed that paramedics attended the scene. No one was transported to hospital.

“BC Emergency Health Services received a call at 10:30 p.m. on August 26, 2026 about an incident involving an airplane in the 13700 block of Stave Lake Road in Hatzic near Mission,” said BCEHS paramedic public information officer Brian Twaites. “An ambulance with primary care paramedics, an ambulance with advanced care paramedics and a paramedic supervisor attended the scene. No patients were transported to hospital.”

A BC EHS spokesperson referred additional comment to the RCMP.

It marks the third deployment to B.C. for TSB investigators this month due to 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., that resulted in a fatality also prompted a deployment to the Fraser Valley city earlier this month.

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

The Canadian Press

by The Canadian Press

Update: 22-year-old pilot deceased after plane crash north of Mission Wednesday night

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