Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 21 July 1993
Aircraft Type: Convair CV-580
Owner/operator: Canair Cargo
Registration Number: C-GQHB
Location: Tofino Airport, BC (YAZ) – ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51
Component Affected: Left Propeller, Reduction Gear, Airstrip Door, Cockpit WindowLeft Propeller, Reduction Gear, Airstrip Door, Cockpit Window
Investigating Agency: TSBTSB
Category: Accident
A Convair 580, Charter Flight 801, experienced a landing failure during an instrument approach to Tofino Airport. The aircraft deviated from the planned landing procedure, resulting in a propeller strike and subsequent damage. The crew initiated a landing with insufficient runway remaining to stop, leading to the aircraft running off the runway.A Convair 580, Charter Flight 801, experienced a landing failure during an instrument approach to Tofino Airport. The aircraft deviated from the planned landing procedure, resulting in a propeller strike and subsequent damage. The crew initiated a landing with insufficient runway remaining to stop, leading to the aircraft running off the runway.

Description

Canair Cargo Flight 801, a Convair 580, departed from Vancouver at 17:05 on a charter flight to Tofino. At approximately 17:28, the aircraft was cleared for an approach to the Tofino Airport. The flight crew elected to fly the NDB A instrument approach procedure to Tofino. After completing the instrument approach procedure, the crew proceeded with a landing on runway 28. The aircraft touched down near the midpoint of the 5,000-foot long runway, and the crew was unable to bring the aircraft to a stop; it ran 150 feet off the end of the runway. The left propeller struck the ground, and the propeller and reduction gearbox separated from the aircraft. One blade separated from the propeller hub. There was a vertical propeller slice, approximately two feet long, in the fuselage adjacent to the left propeller. There was a hole in the airstair door, about midway up and near the aft edge, probably made by a gear (from the ruptured gearbox). There was also a hole below and aft of the left cockpit window with another section of gear embedded in it. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The Board determined that the descent profile flown during the approach procedure resulted in the aircraft not being in a position to land safely; the captain elected to continue rather than conduct a missed approach, and the aircraft touched down with insufficient runway remaining in which to stop. Contributing to the occurrence were inadequate monitoring, by both the air carrier and Transport Canada, of aircraft operations remote from the company’s main base.”

Primary Cause

Inadequate monitoring of aircraft operations by both the air carrier and Transport Canada regarding remote operations.Inadequate monitoring of aircraft operations by both the air carrier and Transport Canada regarding remote operations.

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