Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | mardi 29 novembre 1988 |
Heure: | 23:01 |
Type/Sous-type: | Beechcraft A100 King Air |
Compagnie: | Voyageur Airways |
Immatriculation: | C-GJUL |
Numéro de série: | B-218 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1975 |
Heures de vol: | 9420 |
Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28 |
Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
Passagers: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
Total: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 2,4 km (1.5 milles) SW of Chapleau Airport, ON (YLD) ( Canada)
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Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Ambulance |
Aéroport de départ: | Timmins Airport, ON (YTS/CYTS), Canada |
Aéroport de destination: | Chapleau Airport, ON (YLD/CYLD), Canada |
Numéro de vol: | 796 |
Détails:The air ambulance Beechcraft A100 King Air, Voyageur 796, with two flight crew members and two paramedics on board, departed Timmins for Chapleau, Ontario on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight. There, a seriously injured person was to be boarded and
flown to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The aircraft proceeded from Timmins en route at 12,000 feet, and, on arrival at Chapleau, the
aircraft overflew the airport at low altitude and crashed 1.5 miles southwest of the airport. The four occupants were fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed by the impact and post-impact fire.
Probable Cause:
Causes: "The flight crew descended below the minimum applicable IFR altitude while approaching the Chapleau NDB. It could not be determined why the crew allowed the aircraft to descend, in controlled flight, into the ground."
Sources:
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Timmins Airport, ON et Chapleau Airport, ON est de 167 km (104 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.