ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22971
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Date: | Sunday 4 August 2002 |
Time: | 16:37 UTC |
Type: | Cessna R172K |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | C-.... |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 10 mi SE of Chapleau Airport (CYLD), ON -
Canada
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Lake Mattagami,Ontario |
Destination airport: | Horwood Lake, Ontario |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Starting at 16;37 Z, several E.L.T. reports were received. Trenton RCC was advised. The ELT reports continued. Trenton RCC dispatched some CASARA aircraft. An aircraft accident site was spotted. Rescue personnel were dispatched at 21:13 Z and, at 23:10 Z, Trenton RCC advised that the pilot/sole ocoupant of the downed aircraft had been found and pronounced dead at the scene.
Initial information from T.S.B. Initial Notification (#A02O0243): The pilot/owner of a Cessna 172K on floats took off from Lake Mattagami on a VFR flight to Horwood Lake. At 12:37 eastern daylight time (EDT) a strong Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal was received at CFB Trenton RCC. CASARA aircraft were mobilized and confirmed the crash site to be west of Rush Lake. Ministry of Health Air Ambulance helicopters and a Canadian Forces Search and Rescue C-130 Hercules aircraft were dispatched to the scene. Ministry of Health para-medics were inserted at a landing zone 0.5 nm from the crash site. Para-medics accompanied by a Doctor, reached the site and pronounced the pilot dead at 19:07 EDT. The cause of the crash is yet to be determined. TSB investigators are deploying to the site.
Sources:
1. CADORS 2002O1010
2. T.S.B. Initial Notification (#A02O0243)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Mar-2015 16:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Feb-2020 20:17 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
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