ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23256
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| Date: | Friday 22 April 2005 |
| Time: | 07:41 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Navair Charter |
| Registration: | C-GVCP |
| MSN: | 31-7652080 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Avco Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | CFB Comox, 3 miles NNE of Comox, British Columbia -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nanaimo Airport, Nanimo, British Columbia (YCD/CYCD) |
| Comox, British Columbia (YQQ/CYQQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Piper PA-31-350 (registration C-GVCP, serial number 31-7652080) was on a scheduled cargo flight from Nanaimo, British Columbia, to the civilian terminal on the south side of the military airbase at Comox, British Columbia. The crew members established communication with the Comox tower when they were at about 2000 feet over Hornby Island, 12 nautical miles southeast of Comox, and requested a practice back course/localizer approach to Runway 30, circling for landing on Runway 18. The request was approved and the aircraft continued inbound.
When the aircraft was about two miles from the threshold of Runway 30, the crew declared an emergency for an engine fire in the right engine. The tower alerted the airport response teams and requested standard data from the crew concerning the number of people and amount of fuel on board. Less than 30 seconds after the crew first reported the emergency, the aircraft was engulfed in flames. Shortly thereafter, at 07:41 Pacific daylight time, the aircraft rolled inverted and struck the ground in a steep, nose-down, left-wing-low attitude. The aircraft broke apart and burned. Both crew members were fatally injured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. CADORS Number:2005P0636
2. TSB A05P0080 at http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2005/a05p0080/a05p0080.pdf
3. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=2427
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/2005/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-comox-2-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Feb-2010 02:01 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 04-Jul-2015 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2015 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2015 00:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 19-Oct-2017 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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