Date:	Friday 12 September 1997
Time:	17:00 UTC
Type:	Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Owner/operator:	Manan Air Services
Registration:	C-FZVC
MSN:	31-7812038
Year of manufacture:	1978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Grand Manan, New Brunswick -   Canada
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (CYQI)
Destination airport:	Grand Manan, New Brunswick (CCN2)
Investigating agency:	TSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The aircraft departed Yarmouth at 21:06 ADT for a flight to Grand Manan. The pilot was unable to land at Grand Manan off the first visual approach because of low weather conditions and conducted a second visual approach. During the second approach, he noticed that he required increasing right rudder to maintain direction, and that the left engine manifold pressure was low. The pilot feathered the left propeller and, despite the application of full power on the right engine, the aircraft would not accelerate or climb. The aircraft began a shallow descent into a fog layer, and the aircraft collided with some trees, pitched nose-down, and struck the ground.

The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and a post-impact fire. The pilot suffered serious injuries, but managed to get out of the aircraft and make his way to a nearby cabin where he was found by a ground search team about three hours later.

1. CADORS Number: 1997A0443
2. TSB Canada Aviation Investigation Report A97A0173 at http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1997/a97a0173/a97a0173.asp
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1997/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-new-brunswick/]

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
02-Nov-2012 01:04	onward	Updated [Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
09-May-2015 22:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2017 18:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2017 18:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]