| Date: | Tuesday 29 November 1988 |
| Time: | 23:01 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A100 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Voyageur Airways |
| Registration: | C-GJUL |
| MSN: | B-218 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9420 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PT6A-28 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km SW of Chapleau Airport, ON (YLD) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Timmins Airport, ON (YTS/CYTS) |
| Chapleau Airport, ON (YLD/CYLD) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The air ambulance Beechcraft A100 King Air, Voyageur 796, with two flight crew members and two paramedics on board, departed Timmins for Chapleau, Ontario on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight. There, a seriously injured person was to be boarded and flown to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The aircraft proceeded from Timmins en route at 12,000 feet, and, on arrival at Chapleau, the aircraft overflew the airport at low altitude and crashed 1.5 miles southwest of the airport. The four occupants were fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed by the impact and post-impact fire.
Causes: "The flight crew descended below the minimum applicable IFR altitude while approaching the Chapleau NDB. It could not be determined why the crew allowed the aircraft to descend, in controlled flight, into the ground."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Despite errors, agency refuses to re-open plane crash probe (CBC, 23-1-2013)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2025 08:27 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 25-Feb-2025 08:28 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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