ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23151
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 2006 |
| Time: | 12:34 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Brampton Flying Club |
| Registration: | C-GFGD |
| MSN: | 17275680 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 nm west of Caledon, Ontario -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 172P (C-GFGD) and a Cessna 182T (C-GCHN) collided in mid-air approximately 1 nm west of the town of Caledon, Ontario. Both aeroplanes were operating in accordance with visual flight rules in Class E airspace.
C-GFGD was operated by the Brampton Flying Club and being flown by an instructor and student, and the Cessna 182T aeroplane was being flown by its owner. C-GFGD was southeastbound in a gradual descent, wings level. C-GCHN was northbound in straight and level flight. The angle between the tracks of the two aeroplanes was approximately 120°.
During the collision, the right wing was torn from C-GCHN and the aeroplane became uncontrollable. C-GFGD sustained damage to the nose and cockpit areas. Both aeroplanes crashed in close proximity to the point of collision. The three occupants of the aeroplanes received fatal injuries and both aeroplanes were destroyed. There was a small post-impact fire as a result of debris from one aeroplane severing an electrical power line. There was no fire in the main wreckage of either aeroplane.
Findings as to causes and contributing factors:
1. Toronto airspace design provides only limited vertical space beneath Class C airspace northwest of Toronto. Consequently, both aeroplanes were at the same altitude when their tracks intersected, and they collided.
2. 2There are inherent limitations and residual risk associated with the see-and-avoid principle; as a result, neither aeroplane saw the other in time to avert a mid-air collision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Sep-2023 15:05 | harro | Updated |
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