Date: | Wednesday 9 December 2009 |
Time: | 22:50 |
Type: | Beechcraft A100 King Air |
Owner/operator: | Exact Air |
Registration: | C-GPBA |
MSN: | B-215 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5,5 km NW of Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC) -
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Val-dOr Airport, QC (YVO/CYVO) |
Destination airport: | Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC) |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Beechcraft A100 King Air, registration C-GPBA, operated by Exact Air as flight ET822 was on an instrument flight rules flight between Val-dOr Airport, QC (YVO) and Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC), with 2 pilots and 2 passengers on board.
Last contact was at 22:40 when the aircraft was cleared for an RNAV (GNSS) runway 12 approach and switched to the aerodrome traffic frequency.
The aircraft was located at 02:24 in a wooded area approximately 3 nautical miles from the threshold of runway 12, on the approach centreline. The 2 pilots were fatally injured, and the 2 passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed on impact; there was no post crash fire.
FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: "For undetermined reasons, the crew continued its descent prematurely below the published approach minima, leading to a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | A09Q0203 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
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Images:
photo (c) Transportation Safety Board of Canada; near Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC); 09 December 2009; (CC:by-nc-nd)
photo (c) Transportation Safety Board of Canada; near Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC); 09 December 2009; (CC:by-nc-nd)
photo (c) Transportation Safety Board of Canada; near Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC); 09 December 2009; (CC:by-nc-nd)
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