| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 2020 |
| Time: | 13:44 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A100 King Air |
| Operator: | Buffalo Airways |
| Registration: | C-FCBZ |
| MSN: | B-116 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kugaaruk Airport, NU (YBB) ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cambridge Bay Airport, NU (YCB/CYCB), Canada |
| Kugaaruk Airport, NU (YBB/CYBB), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | BFL666 |
A Buffalo Airways Beech King Air suffered a runway excursion on landing at Kugaaruk Airport, Canada.
Shortly after touchdown on runway 23, the aircraft exited the runway to the right. The aircraft came to rest after colliding with a
snowbank, on the north side of the runway. The 2 flight crew were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the landing gear, wings, engines and propellers.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» CBC» TSB A20C0037
Photos
Video, social media
Plane from Yellowknife slides off runway in Kugaaruk and into snowbank https://t.co/iFYNfOKDip pic.twitter.com/Zg6S3P6Pwr
— CBC Canadian News (@CBCCanada) April 29, 2020
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Cambridge Bay Airport, NU to Kugaaruk Airport, NU as the crow flies is 613 km (383 miles).
Distance from Cambridge Bay Airport, NU to Kugaaruk Airport, NU as the crow flies is 613 km (383 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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