ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23535
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| Date: | Monday 28 July 1997 |
| Time: | 16:36 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-FSEX |
| MSN: | 21058753 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Milan, Quebec -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cornwall, Ontario |
| Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot of the Cessna 210F, with his wife and three children on board, was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) travel flight from Cornwall, Ontario, to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. At 1626, eastern daylight saving time, in level flight at 9000 feet above sea level (asl), the pilot advised the controller that he was about to enter rain showers. At 1636 the aircraft disappeared from the controller's radar screen in an area of significant weather returns. The aircraft broke up in flight in a thunderstorm. Search and Rescue services found the aircraft five hours later. The Cessna was destroyed; the five occupants perished in the accident.
The aircraft broke up after the pilot attempted to fly through a storm line. The pilot's and his family's eagerness to start their vacation and the pilot's overestimation of the ability of ATS radar to detect areas of heavy precipitation likely contributed to the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1997Q0284
http://web.archive.org/web/20070705164529/http://www.tsb.gc.ca:80/en/reports/air/1997/a97q0158/a97q0158.asp
Flight International 3-9 June 1998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Mar-2011 12:07 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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