Beechcraft A100 King Air – C-GPBA

Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 9 December 2009

Aircraft Type: Beechcraft A100 King Air

Owner/operator: Exact Air

Registration Number: C-GPBA

Location: 5,5 km NW of Saint-Honor Airport, QC (YRC) – ÿ Canada

Phase of Flight: Approach

Status: Destroyed, written off

Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4

Component Affected: Aircraft control system (specifically descent control).Aircraft control system (specifically descent control).

Investigating Agency: TSBTSB

Category: Accident

Description

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-Honor 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. 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).”

Source of Information

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2009/a09q0203/a09q0203.asphttp://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2009/a09q0203/a09q0203.asp