- 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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