ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200585
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| Date: | Thursday 26 October 2017 |
| Time: | 09:51 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II |
| Owner/operator: | Springbank Air Training College |
| Registration: | C-GCCM |
| MSN: | 34-7570103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental TSIO-360-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1.5 km from Springbank Airport, AB -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Calgary/Springbank Airport, AB (CYBW) |
| Calgary/Springbank Airport, AB (CYBW) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Springbank Air Training College Piper PA 34-200T Seneca II, registered C-GCCM, departed Calgary Springbank (CYBW) runway 17 on a final training flight prior to the student's multi-engine rating flight test. There was an instructor and student on board. The aircraft did not climb above 250 feet nor accelerate while on the runway heading. The aircraft rolled to the left entering a steep left turn and collided with terrain. There was a post-crash fire, and the two occupants sustained fatal injuries, the aircraft was destroyed.
The student with 175 hours (6 on type) of flight experience was at the controls. The flight instructor had a total of 2,150 hours, of which 141.5 on type.
Findings as to causes and contributing factors:
1. It is likely that a left-engine failure on takeoff was being simulated. It appears that, during this exercise, the maximum power was not set on the right engine to enable the aircraft to achieve the 1-engine-inoperative best rate-of-climb airspeed (VYSE) and a positive rate of climb. The investigation could not determine why maximum power would not have been set.
2. For unknown reasons, the airspeed decayed below the intentional 1-engine-inoperative speed (VSSE) to the minimum control airspeed (VMC) and the aircraft departed controlled flight and collided with terrain.
3. The asymmetric power condition with the simulated left-engine failure at VMC would have resulted in a VMC roll at a height from which the pilots would have been unable to recover before impact with the terrain.
Findings as to risk:
1. If simulated engine failures are conducted at low altitudes, there is a risk that pilots will be unable to recover in the event of a loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://vancouversun.com/news/canada/small-plane-crash-kills-two-people-near-springbank-airport-west-of-calgary/wcm/4d2fa012-44c4-40a7-886c-7427b1c91b72
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/small-plane-crash-oct-26-2017-springbank-airport-1.4373303
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/emergency-crews-responding-to-plane-crash-near-springbank-airport
Transport Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/3829598/springbank-plane-crash-investigation-continues-after-student-and-instructor-killed/
http://web.archive.org/web/20171225233925/http://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/no-engine-failure-in-fatal-springbank-plane-crash-say-investigators/wcm/ba8d9562-a155-4d40-8b4d-15845cbb6cae
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2017 19:30 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 26-Oct-2017 19:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Date] |
| 26-Oct-2017 19:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Oct-2017 20:29 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Oct-2017 05:27 | MAW | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2017 05:28 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2017 05:30 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 27-Oct-2017 21:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Nov-2017 18:21 | harro | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2017 19:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2018 18:00 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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