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Date: | Thursday 9 July 2009 |
Time: | 22:08 |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
Owner/operator: | Canadian Air Charters |
Registration: | C-GNAF |
MSN: | 31-8052130 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near the Richmond Auto Mall, Richmond, British Columbia -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) |
Destination airport: | Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Canadian Air Charters Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain (registration C-GNAF, serial number 31-8052130) was operating under visual flight rules as APEX 511 on the final leg of a multi-leg cargo flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia, with a return to Vancouver. The weather was visual meteorological conditions and the last 9 minutes of the flight taking place during official darkness.
The flight was third for landing and turned onto the final approach course 1.5 nautical miles behind and 700 feet below the flight path of a heavier Airbus A321, approaching Runway 26 Right at the Vancouver International Airport. At 22:08, Pacific Daylight Time, the target for APEX 511 disappeared from tower radar. The aircraft impacted the ground in an industrial area of Richmond, British Columbia, 3 nautical miles short of the runway.
There was a post-impact explosion and fire. The 2 crew members on board were fatally injured. There was property damage, but no injuries on the ground. The onboard emergency locator transmitter was destroyed in the accident and no signal was detected.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | A09P0187 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. CADORS Number:2009P0914
2. TSB Occurrence No:A09P0187 at
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2009/a09p0187/a09p0187.asp 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.vancouversun.com/least+dead+Richmond+plane+crash+reports/1776106/story.html]
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.theprovince.com/Richmond+plane+crash+kills+least/1776104/story.html]
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CTV.ca 6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/2009/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-vancouver-2-killed/]
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http://www.baaa-acro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/C-GNAF.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jul-2009 23:21 |
harro |
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09-Jul-2009 23:26 |
harro |
Updated |
09-Jul-2009 23:49 |
slowkid |
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09-Jul-2009 23:52 |
slowkid |
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10-Jul-2009 07:20 |
slowkid |
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10-Jul-2009 11:31 |
slowkid |
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10-Jul-2009 11:41 |
Anon. |
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10-Jul-2009 22:24 |
slowkid |
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10-Jul-2009 23:15 |
slowkid |
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21-Apr-2015 23:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Oct-2017 17:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |