Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 11 October 2001
Aircraft Type: Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
Owner/operator: Perimeter Airlines (Inland)
Registration Number: C-GYPA
Location: 1 km from Shamattawa Airport, MB (ZTM) – ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Aircraft wingsAircraft wings
Investigating Agency: TSBTSB
Category: Accident
Perimeter Flight 962 experienced a missed approach due to an overshoot during a nighttime approach to Runway 01. The aircraft struck trees near the runway centerline in a muskeg area, resulting in a fire confined to the wings. The incident was triggered by an incorrect climb angle setting, potentially exacerbated by somatogravic illusion, and a lapse in situational awareness from the first officer.Perimeter Flight 962 experienced a missed approach due to an overshoot during a nighttime approach to Runway 01. The aircraft struck trees near the runway centerline in a muskeg area, resulting in a fire confined to the wings. The incident was triggered by an incorrect climb angle setting, potentially exacerbated by somatogravic illusion, and a lapse in situational awareness from the first officer.

Description

Perimeter Flight 962 had departed God’s Lake Narrows for a short 27 minute medevac flight to Shamattawa to pick up a patient. The crew were flying a night time approach to runway 01 when they carried out a missed approach because they were too high and too fast. The aircraft flew into trees slightly to the left of the runway centreline in a muskeg area about 2600 feet from the departure end of runway 01. A post-crash fire was confined to the wings which had separated from the cabin and cockpit wreckage. FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1. The aircraft was flown into terrain during an overshoot because the required climb angle was not set and maintained to ensure a positive rate of climb. 2. During the go-around, conditions were present for somatogravic illusion, which most likely led to the captain losing situational awareness. 3. The first officer did not monitor the aircraft instruments during a critical stage of flight; it is possible that he was affected by somatogravic illusion and/or distracted by the non-directional beacon to the extent that he lost situational awareness.

Primary Cause

Incorrect climb angle setting during an overshoot.Incorrect climb angle setting during an overshoot.

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