ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23217
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 September 2003 |
| Time: | 19:36 |
| Type: |  Cessna 414A Chancellor |
| Owner/operator: | Alta Flights (Charters) Inc. |
| Registration: | C-GVZE |
| MSN: | 414A0219 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-NB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 49 NM S of Calgary, Alberta -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, BC (YXC/CYXC) |
| Calgary International Airport, AB (YYC/CYYC) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Alta Flights Cessna 414Adeparted Cranbrook, British Columbia, at approximately 1910 mountain daylight time (MDT) on a visual flight rules cargo flight to Calgary, Alberta. The aircraft disappeared from the Calgary area radar at 1936 MDT, at an indicated altitude of 9000 feet above sea level (asl) in the Highwood Range mountains, approximately 49 nautical miles southwest of Calgary. The aircraft wreckage was found on a mountain ridge at 8900 feet asl some 40 hours later. The flight was in controlled descent to Calgary when the impact occurred. There was a total break-up of the aircraft, and the pilot, the lone occupant, was fatally injured. There was a brief fire ball at the time of impact.
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors
1. The pilot lost situational awareness most likely believing he was over lower terrain.
2. The aircraft was very likely flown into cloud during a day VFR flight, which prevented the pilot from seeing and avoiding the terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
2003C1360
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jun-2013 20:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 13-Jun-2013 07:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2023 14:33 | harro | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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