ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281911
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 August 2022 |
| Time: | c. 09:11 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-44 Widgeon |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | C-FNGD |
| MSN: | 1210 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental IO-470-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Stratford Airport (CYSA), ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport, ON (YZR/CYZR) * |
| Stratford Municipal Airport, ON (CYSA) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The privately owned Grumman G44 aircraft (C-FNGD) was En- route from Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) airport (CYZR), ON to Stratford Municipal airport, Ontario (CYSA) with the pilot/owner as the only soul on board. The pilot had made previous arrangements with a maintenance facility at the airport to have the annual/100-hour inspection performed. Weather at CYSA was reported as poor visibility with fog patches surrounding the airport area. The last communication from the pilot on the airport Unicom frequency, was that he was turning base leg for runway 23. Witnesses on a farm near the airport, observed the aircraft entering and exiting cloud cover, at a lower speed than they expected to observe and a bank angle greater than 45 degrees. They observed the aircraft disappear into cloud, and a few seconds later a loud crash was heard.
The pilot was fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed and consumed by fire after the crash. The pilot was only VFR OTT rated; he did not hold an IFR rating. Weather reports for the cities of Sarnia, Kitchener and London, Ontario were obtained, and all three cities were reporting visibilities greater than 9 SM.
The disposition of the wreckage at the accident site and lack of wreckage trail indicate that the aircraft struck the ground in a nearly vertical attitude. The 2 propellers were embedded in the ground and the wing leading edges were crushed rearward by impact forces. The damage to the propellers is consistent with the engines producing power at impact. A post-impact fire consumed the entire fuselage. The wings and flight controls were also damaged in the fire, which prevented verification of flight control continuity.
The aircraft was not equipped with a lightweight data recorder, nor was it required to be by regulation. Given the absence of data, the investigation could not determine the complete sequence of events that led to the collision with terrain.
Former: N254Q before export to Canada.
*Named in honor of Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield from Sarnia.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/small-plane-crashes-at-stratford-airport-1.6038533
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/stratford-plane-crash-1.6559565
https://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/news/local-news/perth-county-opp-on-scene-of-small-plane-crash-near-stratford-airport
https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=2450
TSB
https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/ADet.aspx?id=530439&rfr=RchSimp.aspx
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129674839@N04/49270392851/in/photostream/ (photo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-a33DUwC48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViktX06rxxk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2022 15:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Aug-2022 15:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2022 16:38 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Aug-2022 18:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 23-Aug-2022 22:39 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Phase, Damage] |
| 25-Aug-2022 06:01 | Mr Widgeon | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2022 14:21 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2022 14:25 | johnwg | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 25-Aug-2022 17:56 | harro | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2022 19:01 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Aug-2022 19:01 | harro | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 25-Aug-2022 19:01 | harro | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 26-Aug-2022 00:43 | johnwg | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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