Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Wednesday 9 December 2009 |
Time: | 22:50 |
Type: | Beechcraft A100 King Air |
Operator: | Exact Air |
Registration: | C-GPBA |
MSN: | B-215 |
First flight: | 1974 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 5,5 km (3.4 mls) NW of Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC) ( Canada)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Val-dOr Airport, QC (YVO/CYVO), Canada |
Destination airport: | Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC), Canada |
Flightnumber: | 822 |
Narrative:A Beechcraft A100 King Air, registration C-GPBA, operated by Exact Air as flight ET822 was on an instrument flight rules flight between Val-dOr Airport, QC (YVO) and Saint-Honoré Airport, QC (YRC), with 2 pilots and 2 passengers on board.
Last contact was at 22:40 when the aircraft was cleared for an RNAV (GNSS) runway 12 approach and switched to the aerodrome traffic frequency.
The aircraft was located at 02:24 in a wooded area approximately 3 nautical miles from the threshold of runway 12, on the approach centreline. The 2 pilots were fatally injured, and the 2 passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed on impact; there was no post crash fire.
Probable Cause:
FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: "For undetermined reasons, the crew continued its descent prematurely below the published approach minima, leading to a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB Canada |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months | Accident number: | A09Q0203 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
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accident date:
09-12-2009type: Beechcraft A100 King Air
registration: C-GPBA
accident date:
09-12-2009type: Beechcraft A100 King Air
registration: C-GPBA
accident date:
09-12-2009type: Beechcraft A100 King Air
registration: C-GPBA
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 Val-dOr Airport, QC to Saint-Honoré Airport, QC as the crow flies is 497 km (311 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.