Narrative:
Airwave Flight 9807 departed Moncton around 23:48 for a courier flight to Montreal. At 00:15:15 the airplane was assigned a "block" altitude clearance between FL140 and FL150. At 00:25:21, the flight crew asked for, and received clearance to climb to FL160. At 00:29:56, the flight crew declared an emergency and requested vectors for the nearest airport. The aircraft descended out of control and crashed on the eastern side of the Meduxnekeag River.
It appeared that the crew experienced a failure of the airplane's number one engine, prior to declaring an emergency to air traffic control.
The pilot-in-command was the owner and president of Airwave Transport. He had accumulated about 6,000 hours of total flight experience, of which 500 hours were as Gulfstream I pilot-in-command. The co-pilot had about 600 hours of total fight experience, of which 300 Gulfstream I hours.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain minimum control airspeed, which resulted in a loss of control. Factors in this accident were clouds, and a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, while in cruise flight above the airplane's single engine service ceiling."
» Canadian Civil Aircraft Register
» FAA
accident date: 19-07-2000
type: Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
registration: G-BNKO
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 2000 |
| Time: | 00:31 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Operator: | Airwave Transport |
| Registration: | C-GNAK |
| MSN: | 154 |
| First flight: | 1965-03-30 (35 years 4 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22050 |
| Cycles: | 15452 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 529-8X |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 22 km (13.8 mls) N of Linneus, ME ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Moncton-Metropolitan Area Airport, NB (YQM/CYQM), Canada |
| Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | 9807 |
Airwave Flight 9807 departed Moncton around 23:48 for a courier flight to Montreal. At 00:15:15 the airplane was assigned a "block" altitude clearance between FL140 and FL150. At 00:25:21, the flight crew asked for, and received clearance to climb to FL160. At 00:29:56, the flight crew declared an emergency and requested vectors for the nearest airport. The aircraft descended out of control and crashed on the eastern side of the Meduxnekeag River.
It appeared that the crew experienced a failure of the airplane's number one engine, prior to declaring an emergency to air traffic control.
The pilot-in-command was the owner and president of Airwave Transport. He had accumulated about 6,000 hours of total flight experience, of which 500 hours were as Gulfstream I pilot-in-command. The co-pilot had about 600 hours of total fight experience, of which 300 Gulfstream I hours.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain minimum control airspeed, which resulted in a loss of control. Factors in this accident were clouds, and a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, while in cruise flight above the airplane's single engine service ceiling."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Business Wire» Canadian Civil Aircraft Register
» FAA
Photos
accident date: 19-07-2000
type: Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
registration: G-BNKO
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 Moncton-Metropolitan Area Airport, NB to Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC as the crow flies is 701 km (438 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Moncton-Metropolitan Area Airport, NB to Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC as the crow flies is 701 km (438 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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