ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32750
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| Date: | Saturday 24 June 1989 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | South West Ltd. |
| Registration: | C-GSWC |
| MSN: | 31-7305067 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pelee Island, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Pelee Island Airport, Pelee Island, Ontario (CYPT) |
| Windsor International Airport,Windsor, Ontario (YQG/CYQG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed after takeoff while on an ambulance flight. According to the following statement made to the Ontario Parliament:
"STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY - CRASH OF AIR AMBULANCE
Hon Mrs Caplan: Mr Speaker, it is my sad duty to inform the House of an air ambulance crash into the waters of Pelee Island last Saturday night which took the lives of three people. Two people survived the crash, one being the patient for whom the air ambulance had been called, Margaret Fraser.
I would like to extend our sympathies to the families, friends and colleagues of those who did not survive the plane crash: pilot Fred Lewis, ambulance officer Charles Ransome, and the patient’s husband, Ken Fraser. Co-pilot Peter Marshall is to be commended for his part in the survival of Mrs Fraser.
The plane was a seven-passenger, twin-engine Piper Navajo owned by South West Air of Windsor. It was chartered by the Central Air Ambulance Communications Centre in response to a request received at 9:31 pm on 24 June from the Windsor Central Ambulance Communications Centre.
After arriving on Pelee Island to pick up the patient and her husband, the plane took off at about 11 pm for the 15-minute flight to Windsor. It crashed into the water shortly after becoming airborne".
Sources:
1. http://ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=1989-06-26&Parl=34&Sess=2&locale=en#P63_15131
2. http://flightsafety.org/hf/hf_nov-dec99.pdf
3. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=1511
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2015 22:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2015 13:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2015 13:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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