Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Saturday 7 April 2001 |
Time: | 05:12 |
Type: | Beechcraft 100 King Air |
Operator: | Alberta Central Airways |
Registration: | C-FWPN |
MSN: | B-51 |
First flight: | 1970 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Grande Prairie Airport, AB (YQU) ( Canada)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Fort St. John Airport, BC (YXJ/CYXJ), Canada |
Destination airport: | Grande Prairie Airport, AB (YQU/CYQU), Canada |
Narrative:C-FWPN, a Beechcraft 100 King Air with 5 people on board, was landing on runway 29 at Grande Prairie Airport, AB (YQU) after a flight from Fort St. John Airport, BC (YXJ), when it struck a windrow of snow left beside the runway. It was reported that the aircraft touched down off the centre-line in two inches of snow and skidded off the runway surface. There was substantial damage to the aircraft's nose gear, nose cone and propellers. The runway surface was in the process of being plowed but was slippery with 2 foot high windrows on the sides.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» CADORS 2001C0341
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Fort St. John Airport, BC to Grande Prairie Airport, AB as the crow flies is 164 km (103 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.