Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 29 November 1988
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft A100 King Air
Owner/operator: Voyageur Airways
Registration Number: C-GJUL
Location: 2,4 km SW of Chapleau Airport, ON (YLD) – ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: The Beechcraft A100 King Air aircraft.The Beechcraft A100 King Air aircraft.
Investigating Agency: TSBTSB
Category: Accident
A Beechcraft A100 King Air carrying two flight crew members and two paramedics departed Timmins, Ontario, on an IFR flight to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with the objective of transporting a seriously injured person. The aircraft overflown the airport at low altitude, resulting in a crash 1.5 miles southwest of the airport. Four occupants were fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.A Beechcraft A100 King Air carrying two flight crew members and two paramedics departed Timmins, Ontario, on an IFR flight to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with the objective of transporting a seriously injured person. The aircraft overflown the airport at low altitude, resulting in a crash 1.5 miles southwest of the airport. Four occupants were fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.

Description

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.”

Source of Information

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/01/18/pol-reopen-plane-crash-file-pilot-says.htmlhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/01/18/pol-reopen-plane-crash-file-pilot-says.html

Primary Cause

The flight crew descended below the minimum applicable IFR altitude while approaching the Chapleau NDB (Navigation Display Point).The flight crew descended below the minimum applicable IFR altitude while approaching the Chapleau NDB (Navigation Display Point).

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