Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Saturday 21 October 2017 |
Time: | 22:21 |
Type: | Beechcraft 200 Super King Air |
Operator: | Transwest Air |
Registration: | C-GFSG |
MSN: | BB-671 |
First flight: | 1980 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Prince Albert Airport, SK (YPA) ( Canada)
|
Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Ambulance |
Departure airport: | La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC/CYVC), Canada |
Destination airport: | Prince Albert Airport, SK (YPA/CYPA), Canada |
Flightnumber: | TW911 |
Narrative:A Beech 200 aircraft operated by Transwest Air, was conducting medevac flight 911 from La Ronge, to Prince Albert, Canada with 7 persons on board. When the landing gear was selected down during the landing check at Prince Albert, the right main landing gear did not indicate down and locked. The flight crew interrupted the approach, climbed to the minimum sector altitude and circled over the airport while the emergency landing gear extension checklist was performed. However, the right main landing gear remained unsafe. The flight crew declared an emergency and consulted with the operators maintenance and flight operations. Following troubleshooting, the flight crew retracted the landing gear; however, the right main landing gear remained partially extended. The flight crew elected to land with the landing gear in the retracted position; consequently, the GEAR UP landing checklist was completed, passengers were briefed and ARFF was deployed for the landing on runway 26. While on short
final before the flare, both engines were shutdown and the propellers were feathered. After the aircraft stopped adjacent to taxiway A, the crew and passengers evacuated without injuries. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the flaps and landing gear doors, and was later slung onto a flatbed trailer and transported to a hangar.
Inspection by the operator's maintenance identified that the right main landing gear down lock latch had experienced a structural failure. Several segments of the down lock were found on the runway.
Classification:
Gear-up landing
Runway mishap
Sources:
» TSB A17C0126
Photos
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 La Ronge Airport, SK to Prince Albert Airport, SK as the crow flies is 215 km (135 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.