One woman has died while another was taken to hospital with injuries after a plane crashed in southwestern British Columbia. Meanwhile, an investigation report was released about a fatal plane crash on the B.C. coast in December that killed three people.

According to B.C. RCMP, Mission RCMP received a report from the International Emergency Response Centre just before 6 p.m. on July 27 that a small plane had crashed on an abandoned air strip near Stave Lake, B.C., which is about 65 kilometres (40 miles) west of Vancouver.

As the remote site can’t be accessed by road, Mission Search and Rescue transported officers to the location.

Upon arrival, officers located an injured 21-year-old woman, who was taken to hospital with “undetermined injuries”, and a 66-year-old woman who had died.

The Transportation Safety Board will send investigators to conduct a preliminary examination of the wreckage of the single-engine Cessna 170.

In addition, the B.C. Coroners Service will investigate the death of the woman.

No further information is being released by the coroners service or police.

In other aviation news, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada released a report yesterday (July 27) about its investigation into the crash of a small aircraft flying from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to Nanaimo that crashed on Gabriola Island on December 10, 2019.

Prior to air traffic control losing contact with the plane, the aircraft lost and gained altitude a few times as the craft’s attitude indicator began to fail. Due to poor visibility in dark and grey conditions outside, the investigation explained that the pilot probably experienced spatial disorientation.

The pilot lost control of the aircraft, which crashed into a power pole and trees on Gabriola Island. Three occupants died in the collision.