The takeoff roll commenced near the runway threshold shortly after 1602 Footnote 2. When climbing through 1000 feet asl, the pilot is required to change from the inner to the outer south tower frequency. The flight was approved for the published Vancouver VOR Footnote 1 departure from Runway 08 Right (R08R), which requires a right turn, at pilot's discretion, to a heading of 160° magnetic toward the Vancouver VOR (7 nm south) and to climb to 2000 feet above sea level (asl). Pitt Meadows Regional Airport is about 19 nautical miles (nm) east-northeast of the Vancouver International Airport, but the pilot requested a southbound departure in order to check some maintenance work that had recently been done on the aircraft. Factual information History of the Flight As a result, hundreds of people were displaced from their homes for extended periods. Structural damage to the building was minimal, but there was extensive water damage from the fire suppression system. The aircraft entered a suite occupied by two people one received serious non-life-threatening injuries, the other received minor injuries. The aircraft collided with a 15-storey residential building in Richmond, about 1.5 nautical miles east-southeast of the departure end of Runway 08 Right. Shortly after takeoff, communications and radar contact were lost. The flight was operating under visual flight rules with only the pilot on board. At 1602 Pacific daylight time, the privately registered Piper PA-34-200 Seneca (registration C GHFD, serial number 34-7350210) was cleared for takeoff from Runway 08 Right at the Vancouver International Airport destined for Pitt Meadows Regional Airport.

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