Incident Overview
Date: Friday 30 December 2005
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft A100 King Air
Owner/operator: Transwest Air
Registration Number: C-GAPK
Location: La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Wing leading edgesWing leading edges
Category: Accident
A Beechcraft A100 King Air, C-GAPK, was en route to La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC) on a medevac flight, encountering significant ice buildup on its wing leading edges. The crew applied wing de-icing boots, but residual ice persisted, leading to a substantial stall during landing. The aircraft buckled forward and downward upon impact, resulting in a propeller strike on the runway.A Beechcraft A100 King Air, C-GAPK, was en route to La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC) on a medevac flight, encountering significant ice buildup on its wing leading edges. The crew applied wing de-icing boots, but residual ice persisted, leading to a substantial stall during landing. The aircraft buckled forward and downward upon impact, resulting in a propeller strike on the runway.
Description
A Beechcraft A100 King Air, C-GAPK was inbound to La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC), from Pinehouse Lake on a medevac flight. On descent into La Ronge the crew noticed ice building on the wing leading edges. At approximately 6 miles back on final the crew operated the wing de-ice boots, however a substantial amount of residual ice remained after application of the boots. It was reported that in the landing flare at about 100 knots, the aircraft experienced an ice-induced stall from an altitude of about 20 feet followed by a hard landing. The right wing and nacelle buckled forward and downward from the landing impact forces to the extent that the right propeller struck the runway surface while the aircraft was taxiing off the runway.
Primary Cause
Residual ice buildup on the wing leading edges during descent and landing.Residual ice buildup on the wing leading edges during descent and landing.Share on:
