ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228762
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 September 2019 |
| Time: | c. 21:47 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Cargair |
| Registration: | C-GSEN |
| MSN: | 17264779 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Avco Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miller Lake, Racine, Eastern Townships, QC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, QC (YMX/CYMX) |
| Sherbrooke Airport, QC (YSC/CYSC) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cargair Ltd. Cessna 172M aircraft departed Montréal International (Mirabel) Airport, Quebec, for a night visual flight rules flight to Sherbrooke Airport, Quebec, and back. The pilot was alone on board. At 21:47, when the aircraft was approximately 19 nautical miles northwest of Sherbrooke Airport, it encountered instrument meteorological conditions and disappeared from radar.
The wreckage was found on 7 September 2019 in a heavily wooded area near Racine, Quebec. The aircraft had struck trees and had been destroyed by impact forces. The pilot received fatal injuries on impact. There was no post-impact fire. No signal was detected from the emergency locator transmitter.
Findings as to causes and contributing factors:
1. When the plan for the night flight was reviewed by the flight instructor, the ceiling and visibility detailed in the aerodrome routine meteorological reports and aerodrome forecasts were assessed as acceptable, and the training flight was authorized.
2. After entering instrument meteorological conditions for the first time, the pilot was likely affected by an unconscious cognitive bias and her proximity to Sherbrooke Airport, Quebec, which led her to continue the visual flight rules flight into deteriorating weather conditions.
3. As the occurrence aircraft neared Sherbrooke Airport, the pilot inadvertently encountered instrument meteorological conditions for a second time, which resulted in a loss of visual reference to the surface.
4. Given the established correlation between loss of visual references and a loss of control, it is highly likely that the pilot, who had limited experience flying by sole reference to instruments, lost control of the aircraft as a result of spatial disorientation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.fliegerfaust.com/aircraft-crash-cessna-cgsen-2640213320.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/5859510/quebec-cessna-airplane-missing/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cessna-missing-sherbrooke-1.5271634
https://montrealgazette.com/news/body-of-missing-pilot-found-in-eastern-townships
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/body-believed-missing-pilot-found-200137480.html
https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=8352&rfr=RchSimp.aspx
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1290839/mort-pilote-accident-avion-disparue-estrie
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1291498/ecrasement-davion-a-racine-lenquete-du-bst-commence
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https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1626527 (photo)
http://cargair.com/en/
Location
Images:
Photo: TSB Canada
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2019 04:22 | Geno | Added |
| 06-Sep-2019 05:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2019 01:16 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2019 09:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2019 09:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Sep-2019 10:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2021 15:04 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
| 25-Oct-2023 14:49 | harro | Updated [[Time, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo]] |
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