ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322756
Date: | Thursday 11 September 2003 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Wasaya Airways |
Registration: | C-FKAB |
MSN: | 208B0305 |
Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
Total airframe hrs: | 16770 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 10 km NW of Summer Beaver, ON -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Pickle Lake Airport, ON (YPL/CYPL) |
Destination airport: | Summer Beaver Airport, ON (SUR) |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Wasaya Flight 125 departed Pickle Lake (YPL) at 20:57 with an estimated arrival time of 21:36 at Sumer Beaver (SUR). The pilot flew a direct visual flight rules (VFR) routing to Summer Beaver at 3500 feet asl under night visual meteorological conditions (VMC). Ten minutes before landing at Summer Beaver, the pilot broadcast his intentions and activated the aircraft radio control of aerodrome lighting (ARCAL) of the airfield. Witnesses on the ground saw the aircraft's lights as it joined the downwind leg of the airport traffic circuit. During the approach the airplane lost control and struck heavily wooded terrain in a near vertical attitude with the wings level.
FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
The aircraft departed controlled flight and struck terrain for undetermined reasons.
FINDINGS AS TO RISK:
The company's flight-following procedures for flights operating in remote areas were impractical and were not consistently applied; this could compromise timely search and rescue operations following an accident.
OTHER FINDINGS:
The aircraft did not carry flight recorders. Lack of information about the cause of this accident affects TSB's ability to identify related safety deficiencies and to issue safety communications intended to prevent accidents that could occur under similar circumstances.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | TSB Report A03H0002 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Canada NewsWire
Reuters
Location
Images:
photo (c) Transportation Safety Board of Canada; near Summer Beaver, ON; September 2003
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