ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23410
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| Date: | Thursday 30 October 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | McMurray Aviation |
| Registration: | C-GPRL |
| MSN: | 34-7570090 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lac La Loche, 10 km W of La Loche, Saskatchewan -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Fort McMurray (YMM) |
| La Loche, SK | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Piper PA-34-200T Seneca departed Fort McMurray, Alberta, on a 62 nautical mile (nm) charter flight to La Loche, Saskatchewan, with a crew of one pilot and five passengers on board. The aircraft departed at 1750 mountain standard time (MST), and was expected back in Fort McMurray at 1930. The aircraft failed to arrive.
The wreckage was located on the afternoon of the following day. The pilot and one of the passengers died at the time of the accident. One passenger succumbed to her injuries the following morning, before help arrived. The three surviving passengers were taken by military aircraft to La Loche and then to Fort McMurray, with serious injuries. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire.
Cause:
The pilot continued flight into adverse weather and lighting conditions which did not enable him to avoid collision with terrain. Contributing factors to this occurrence were the aircraft's unserviceability for single pilot IFR flight and the lack of guidance to company pilots as to weather limits for night VFR flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. CADORS 1997C0766
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Mar-2015 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2019 17:56 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Oct-2023 19:28 | harro | Updated [[Cn]] |
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