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Date: | Friday 12 September 1997 |
Time: | 17:00 UTC |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
Owner/operator: | Manan Air Services |
Registration: | C-FZVC |
MSN: | 31-7812038 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grand Manan, New Brunswick -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (CYQI) |
Destination airport: | Grand Manan, New Brunswick (CCN2) |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The aircraft departed Yarmouth at 21:06 ADT for a flight to Grand Manan. The pilot was unable to land at Grand Manan off the first visual approach because of low weather conditions and conducted a second visual approach. During the second approach, he noticed that he required increasing right rudder to maintain direction, and that the left engine manifold pressure was low. The pilot feathered the left propeller and, despite the application of full power on the right engine, the aircraft would not accelerate or climb. The aircraft began a shallow descent into a fog layer, and the aircraft collided with some trees, pitched nose-down, and struck the ground.
The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and a post-impact fire. The pilot suffered serious injuries, but managed to get out of the aircraft and make his way to a nearby cabin where he was found by a ground search team about three hours later.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | A97A0173 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. CADORS Number: 1997A0443
2. TSB Canada Aviation Investigation Report A97A0173 at
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1997/a97a0173/a97a0173.asp 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1997/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-new-brunswick/]
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Nov-2012 01:04 |
onward |
Updated [Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
09-May-2015 22:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2017 18:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2017 18:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |