Airplane collision at Sioux Lookout
| Airplane collision at Sioux Lookout | |
|---|---|
 An identical Fairchild Swearingen Metro 23 from Bearskin Airlines |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Air collision |
| place |
Sioux Lookout , Canada
|
| date | May 1, 1995 |
| Fatalities | 8th |
| Injured | 0 |
| 1. Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fairchild Swearingen Metro 23 |
| operator | Bearskin Airlines |
| Mark | C-GYYB |
| Departure airport |
Red Lake Airport
|
| Destination airport |
Sioux Lookout Airport
|
| Passengers | 1 |
| crew | 2 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| 2. Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| operator | Air Sandy |
| Mark | C-GYPZ |
| Departure airport |
Sioux Lookout Airport
|
| Destination airport |
Red Lake Airport
|
| Passengers | 4th |
| crew | 1 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The aircraft collision at Sioux Lookout took place on 1 May 1995, when a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain of the Air Sandy shortly after takeoff from the airport Sioux Lookout with an incoming 23 Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner of Bearskin Airlines crashed. All eight people on board both aircraft lost their lives in the accident.
the accident
Bearskin Airlines' Fairchild Swearingen Metro 23 took off at 1:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. CET) in Red Lake for the 30-minute flight 362 to Sioux Lookout . About 50 kilometers north of Sioux Lookout, the crew received air traffic control permission to begin the approach. At 1:23 p.m. local time (8:23 p.m. CET), the Piper Navajo took off on Air Sandy Flight 3101 from Sioux Lookout. The last communication with the Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain was at 1:26 p.m. The last radio contact with the crew of the metro was at 1:28 p.m. Moments later, the captain of another plane reported seeing an explosion. The two planes collided in the air at 1:28 p.m. All 8 occupants of both aircraft were killed in the collision.
examination
The investigation came to the conclusion that both crews had seen the other aircraft too late and therefore no evasion was possible. Air traffic control, which did not inform the two crews about the presence of another aircraft in their immediate vicinity, was also partly responsible for this accident.
crew
The crew of the Fairchild consisted of a 27-year-old captain and a 30-year-old co-pilot. The captain had a flight experience of 7330 flight hours, of which 580 were on this type of aircraft. The co-pilot had an experience of 2,810 flight hours, 355 of which on a Fairchild Metro.
The 29-year-old captain of the Piper had 1250 flight hours, 1000 hours of which on the Piper Navajo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b AVIATION OCCURRENCE REPORT MID-AIR COLLISION BETWEEN BEARSKIN AIRLINES FAIRCHILD METRO 23 C-GYYB AND AIR SANDY INC. REGISTRATION PA-31 NAVAJO C-GYPZ SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONTARIO 12 nm NW 01 MAY 1995 REPORT NUMBER A95H0008. April 1996, accessed April 8, 2020 .
- ^ Aircraft accident Swearingen SA227-CC Metro 23 C-GYYB Sioux Lookout Airport. In: Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved April 8, 2020 .