ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209571
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 January 2005 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 200 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Thunderbird Air |
| Registration: | C-FCGL |
| MSN: | BB-190 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 80 nm NE Kelowna, British Columbia -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Prince George Airport, British Columbia |
| Cranbrook, British Columbia | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Beechcraft King Air 200, with two pilots and two paramedics on board, departed Prince George Airport, British Columbia, at 1228 Pacific standard time on an instrument flight rules medical evacuation flight to Cranbrook, British Columbia. The flight was dispatched to transport two patients from Cranbrook to Kelowna.
During cruise flight at 15 000 feet above sea level, the aircraft was in icing conditions. The aircraft's ice-protection equipment dealt effectively with the icing conditions until about 45 minutes after take-off, when the aircraft began to accumulate ice at a rate that exceeded the capabilities of the ice-protection equipment. The airspeed decreased to the point that a descent was required, and, despite the crew selecting maximum available engine power, the aircraft descended from 15 000 to 10 800 feet, below the minimum obstacle clearance altitude for the area. Vancouver air traffic control issued emergency vectors to guide the aircraft down the Arrow Lakes area to avoid high terrain. Several minutes later, the pilots advised that they were clear of cloud and proceeding to Kelowna. Accumulated ice, up to six inches thick, was shed during the approach to Kelowna, where an uneventful landing was made.
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors
1. The pilot-in-command (PIC) did not review the available graphical area forecast weather information and was not sufficiently informed to avoid the forecast icing conditions.
2. The severe in-flight icing conditions caused an ice accumulation that the aircraft's ice-protection systems were unable to prevent or remove. As a result, the aircraft entered a power-on stall condition and an uncontrollable descent.
3. The PIC did not detect the severe ice accumulation in sufficient time to alter the flight route to avoid the icing conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 2005 | C-FCGL | Northern Thunderbird Air | 2 | near Shovelnose Creek, BC | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Apr-2018 18:45 | harro | Added |
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