Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 11 January 1995
Aircraft Type: Learjet 35
Owner/operator: Canada JetÿCharters
Registration Number: C-GPUN
Location: 15 km NW off Masset Airport, BC (ZMT) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Aircraft Instrument SystemAircraft Instrument System
Investigating Agency: TSBTSB
Category: Accident
A medevac aircraft experienced an instrument approach failure due to an incorrectly set altimeter. The aircraft flew into the water, resulting in a potential incident.A medevac aircraft experienced an instrument approach failure due to an incorrectly set altimeter. The aircraft flew into the water, resulting in a potential incident.
Description
The crew most likely conducted the runway 12 instrument approach to Masset with reference to an unintentionally mis-set altimeter of 30.17 in. Hg, and unknowingly flew the aircraft into the water. The aircraft was on a medevac flight from Vancouver. CAUSES: “The crew most likely conducted the instrument approach with reference to an unintentionally mis-set altimeter of 30.17 in. Hg, and unknowingly flew the aircraft into the water. The circumstances leading to the incorrect altimeter setting could not be determined, nor was it determined why the crew did not detect the mis-set altimeter.”
Primary Cause
Incorrect altimeter setting during instrument approach.Incorrect altimeter setting during instrument approach.Share on:
