Date:	Thursday 14 May 1998
Time:	09:57
Type:	Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain
Owner/operator:	Avionair Inc
Registration:	C-GUVK
MSN:	31-7405451
Year of manufacture:	1974
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	4 nm South East of La Grande, Quebec -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Rouyn, Quebec
Destination airport:	La Grande Rivière, Quebec
Investigating agency:	TSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
At 05:25 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), a Piper Navajo PA-31, registration C-GUVK, serial number 31-7405451, with two pilots on board, took off from Dorval Airport, Quebec, on a three-day charter flight. Two passengers boarded at Rouyn, Quebec, travelling to La Grande Rivière, Quebec. All flight segments over the three-day period were planned in accordance with instrument flight rules.

At La Grande Rivière, the aircraft completed a VOR/DME approach to runway 31, but could not land due to weather. A missed approach was executed, and the aircraft proceeded toward the alternate airport, La Grande 4. About 15 nautical miles north of La Grande 3, the engines misfired. The fuel selector lever was reselected, and the engines operated normally for about five minutes, and then stopped.

The pilot-in-command declared an emergency and proceeded toward La Grande 3 Airport for an LOC/DME approach to runway 29. The aircraft broke through the cloud layer at approximately 300 feet above ground level and the pilot set the aircraft down in some trees beside a small lake, four nautical miles southeast of La Grande 3 Airport. The accident occurred at 09:57 EDT. One of the two passengers sustained minor leg injuries. The other occupants were uninjured. They were rescued by helicopter approximately 45 minutes later. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

1. CADORS Number: 1998Q0197
2. Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) Aviation Investigation Report A98Q0069 at http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1998/a98q0069/a98q0069.asp
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1998/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-la-grande/]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
28-Apr-2015 20:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
25-Jun-2015 13:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Oct-2017 15:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]