Accident description
Last updated: 19 August 2017
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Thursday 20 July 2017 |
| Time: | 18:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-106 |
| Operator: | Air Creebec |
| Registration: | C-FDWO |
| C/n / msn: | 277 |
| First flight: | 1991-05-09 (26 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | 74 km (46.3 mls) N of Val-d’Or ( Canada)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chisasibi Airport, QC (YKU), Canada |
| Val-d’Or Airport, QC (YVO/CYVO), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | YN236 |
Air Creebec flight YN236 was en route from Chisasibi to Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada, at 8000 feet when it suffered a lightning strike.
Subsequently the right generator stopped. The crew worked the Quick Reference Manual (QRH) and reset it. The flight continued to the destination without further problems.
A post-flight inspection revealed significant damage to the aircraft. The operator's maintenance staff replaced the right aileron, right wing tip, rectifier number 2, and the tail cone. The aircraft was back in service on July 25, 2017.
Classification:
LightningstrikeSources:
» TSB Report A17Q0110Photos
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 Chisasibi Airport, QC to Val-d’Or Airport, QC as the crow flies is 640 km (400 miles).
Distance from Chisasibi Airport, QC to Val-d’Or Airport, QC as the crow flies is 640 km (400 miles).
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.
