ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241880
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 September 2020 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Grondin Transport Inc. |
| Registration: | C-FDLJ |
| MSN: | 17270120 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Avco Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint-Bernard-de-Beauce, QC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | St-Frédéric, QC (CSZ4) |
| St-Frédéric, QC (CSZ4) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 172N operated by Grondin Transports Inc. was on a local training flight from the St-Frédéric, QC (CSZ4) airport with a student pilot alone on board. During a training exercise of a precautionary landing simulation, the student pilot selected a field and then configured the aircraft at 500 feet AGL. The flaps were lowered to 20 degrees and power was reduced to an airspeed of approximately 70 knots (kts). After the exercise, the aircraft climbed to approximately 1000 feet agl and the flaps were raised to 10 degrees. Near the end of the left downwind leg, the student pilot noted a vertical speed of -1000 feet per minute (fpm) on the vertical speed indicator (VSI) and the stall recovery technique was applied by pushing the nose down. The aircraft was leveled and the VSI was observed at -1000 fpm again. The stall recovery manoeuvre was repeated, but the situation remained the same. The maneuver was repeated a few times and the aircraft was very low. The student pilot saw 2 fields in front of him with a tree edge separating them. The aircraft was turned right and then left in an attempt to reduce the speed and allow a landing after the tree line. The aircraft struck the tree line in a left turn. Approximately 1.5 meters of the left wing was torn off due to the impact and caused a rotation of the plane.
The plane then flipped on its back and stopped at about 137 meters from the tree line. There was no fire. The pilot sustained serious injuries. He detached himself and evacuated the aircraft. Local residents rescued him and the pilot was transported to hospital.
Sources:
https://www.enbeauce.com/actualites/faits-divers/404224/un-avion-sest-ecrase-a-saint-bernard-de-beauce
https://www.beaucemedia.ca/2020/09/15/ecrasement-davion-a-saint-bernard/
https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/ca/FDLJ
TSB
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/9a098b4ab5adba4f587d4082277c3e3a3e7cb456 (photo)
History of this aircraft
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Images:
Photo: TSB
Media:
Photo: Site of the accident (A20Q0091) that occurred on 15 September 2020 involving a Cessna 172 in Saint-Bernard, Quebec. #TSBAir https://t.co/WGu978T5Qt
— TSB of Canada (@TSBCanada) September 18, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2020 05:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Sep-2020 05:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 16-Sep-2020 11:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2020 21:02 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 01-Oct-2020 06:15 | harro | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2020 19:35 | harro | Updated [Photo] |
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