Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 04 MAR 2002 |
| Time: | 05:03 |
| Type: | Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III |
| Operator: | Provincial Airlines |
| Registration: | C-FITW |
| C/n / msn: | AC-638 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-11U-611G |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Goose Bay Airport, NF (YYR) (Canada)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | St. John's Airport, NF (YYT/CYYT), Canada |
| Goose Bay Airport, NF (YYR/CYYR), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | 905 |
The aircraft landed on a runway covered with one inch of snow. Directional control was lost and the airplane ran off the right side of the runway, colliding with a snowbank. The aircraft was considered damaged beyond repair and sold to Dodson International Air Parts.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
» CADORS Number: 2002A0136
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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 St. John's Airport, NF to Goose Bay Airport, NF as the crow flies is 828 km (517 miles).
Distance from St. John's Airport, NF to Goose Bay Airport, NF as the crow flies is 828 km (517 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.
