In-flight breakup, Carson Air Ltd., Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II, C-GSKC, North Vancouver, British Columbia, 13 April 2015 . : TU3-5/15-0081E-PDF
"On 13 April 2015, Carson Air Ltd. flight 66 (CA66), a Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II (registration C-GSKC, serial number TC-235), departed Vancouver International Airport (CYVR), British Columbia, with 2 pilots on board for an instrument flight rules flight to Prince George, British Columbia. At 0709 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), approximately 6 minutes after leaving Vancouver, the aircraft disappeared from air traffic control radar while climbing through an altitude of 8700 feet above sea level in instrument meteorological conditions, about 4 nautical miles north of the built-up area of North Vancouver. Deteriorating weather conditions with low cloud and heavy snowfall hampered an air search; however, aircraft wreckage was found on steep, mountainous, snow-covered terrain by ground searchers at approximately 1645 PDT. The aircraft had experienced a catastrophic in-flight breakup. Both pilots were fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed. Although the aircraft’s 406-megahertz emergency locator transmitter activated, the antenna was damaged and no signal was received by the Cospas-Sarsat (international satellite system for search and rescue). The accident occurred during daylight hours."--Summary.
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Ministère/Organisme | Transportation Safety Board of Canada. |
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Titre | In-flight breakup, Carson Air Ltd., Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II, C-GSKC, North Vancouver, British Columbia, 13 April 2015 . |
Titre de la série | Aviation investigation report ; A15P0081 |
Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
Langue | [Anglais] |
Autres langues publiées | [Français] |
Format | Électronique |
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Note(s) | Title from cover. Issued also in French under title: Désintégration en vol, Carson Air Ltd., Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II (C-GSKC), North Vancouver (Colombie-Britannique), 13 avril 2015. Includes bibliographical references. |
Information sur la publication | Gatineau, QC : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, c2017. |
Description | vi, 40 p. : ill. |
ISBN | 978-0-660-23657-5 |
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Descripteurs | Aircraft accidents Investigations |
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