- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 10, 2013 |
Time: | 1834 |
Location: | Red Lake, Ontario, Canada |
Operator: | Bearskin Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Sioux Lookout - Red Lake |
AC Type: | Swearingen SA227-AC Metro II |
Registration: | C-FFZN |
cn / ln: | AC785B |
Aboard: | 7 (passengers:5 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:3 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft was on approach to runway 26, in light snow, when it crashed and burned in the surrounding forest. Three of the five passengers and the two pilots were killed. A first-stage turbine wheel blade in the left engine failed due to a combination of metallurgical issues and stator vane burn-through. |
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