ASN Aircraft accident Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II C-GYPA Shamattawa Airport, MB (ZTM)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Thursday 11 October 2001
Time:23:33
Type:Silhouette image of generic SW4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
Operator:Perimeter Airlines (Inland)
Registration: C-GYPA
MSN: TC-250
First flight: 1978
Engines: 2 Garrett TPE331-3UW-303G
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:1 km (0.6 mls) from Shamattawa Airport, MB (ZTM) (   Canada)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Gods Lake Narrows Airport, MB (YGO/CYGO), Canada
Destination airport:Shamattawa Airport, MB (ZTM/CZTM), Canada
Flightnumber: 962
Narrative:
Perimeter Flight 962 had departed God's Lake Narrows for a short 27 minute medevac flight to Shamattawa to pick up a patient. The crew were flying a night time approach to runway 01 when they carried out a missed approach because they were too high and too fast. The aircraft flew into trees slightly to the left of the runway centreline in a muskeg area about 2600 feet from the departure end of runway 01. A post-crash fire was confined to the wings which had separated from the cabin and cockpit wreckage.

Probable Cause:

FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
1. The aircraft was flown into terrain during an overshoot because the required climb angle was not set and maintained to ensure a positive rate of climb.
2. During the go-around, conditions were present for somatogravic illusion, which most likely led to the captain losing situational awareness.
3. The first officer did not monitor the aircraft instruments during a critical stage of flight; it is possible that he was affected by somatogravic illusion and/or distracted by the non-directional beacon to the extent that he lost situational awareness.

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: TSB Canada
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 3 months
Accident number: TSB Report A01C0236
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Flightcrew's failure to monitor instruments
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Follow-up / safety actions

TSB issued 2 Safety Recommendations

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photo of Swearingen-SA226-TC-Metro-II-C-GYPA
accident date: 11-10-2001
type: Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
registration: C-GYPA
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Gods Lake Narrows Airport, MB to Shamattawa Airport, MB as the crow flies is 209 km (131 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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