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Date: | Thursday 15 January 1998 |
Time: | 19:41 |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
Owner/operator: | Airco Aircraft Charters |
Registration: | C-FZBW |
MSN: | 31-8152096 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 miles W of Rainbow Lake, McKenzie County, Alberta -
Canada
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Rainbow Lake, Alberta (YOP/CYOP) |
Destination airport: | Edmonton, Alberta (YXD/CYXD) |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Airco Aircraft Charters Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, serial number 31-8152096, had been chartered by Northern Sky Aviation to complete a daily passenger flight from the Edmonton City Centre Airport to High Level, Rainbow Lake, Edmonton, and Calgary, Alberta. The flight from Edmonton to High Level and Rainbow Lake was uneventful. Following a routine landing and turn around, the aircraft departed Rainbow Lake in darkness, at 19:35 mountain standard time (MST) on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight to Edmonton.
Shortly after take-off from runway 27, the aircraft collided with trees and terrain approximately 3 000 feet west of the departure end of the runway. The nine occupants sustained minor injuries and the aircraft was substantially damaged. Immediately following the evacuation of the aircraft, a Rainbow Lake passenger initiated the local emergency response by cell phone.
Volunteer ground rescue personnel organized a snowmobile search, and a helicopter was dispatched from the airport to conduct an aerial search. The ground search was hampered by darkness, dense forest, cold temperatures, and deep snow. The helicopter pilot located the aircraft wreckage on his first pass over the departure corridor and, following his immediate return to the airport, he lead the ground rescuers to the accident site. Rescuers reached the accident site approximately one and one-half hours after the occurrence and assisted all of the survivors to the Rainbow Lake nursing station.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | A98W0009 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. CADORS Number:1998C0031
2. TSB Aviation Occurrence Report A98W0009 at
http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1998/a98w0009/a98w0009.pdf 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1998/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-rainbow-lake/]
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http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/399774/publication.html Revision history:
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27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
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06-May-2015 02:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2015 00:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
22-Jun-2015 00:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2017 19:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |