| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 19, 2000 |
| Time: | 0030 |
| Location: | Linneus, Maine |
| Operator: | Airwave Transport |
| Flight #: | 9807 |
| Route: | Moncton - Montreal |
| AC Type: | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Registration: | C-GNAK |
| cn / ln: | 154 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After declaring an emergency the cargo plane crew requested the nearest airport. The aircraft soon after descended out of control and crashed on the eastern side of the Meduxnekeag River. The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain minimum control airspeed, which resulted in a loss of control. Factors in this accident were clouds, and a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, while in cruise flight above the airplane's single engine service ceiling. |
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