YHZChick
10th Nov 2009, 15:44
The Transportation Safety Board cites ineffective oversight of safety regulations as one of the key factors behind a private jet crash two years ago in northern Nova Scotia that left 10 people injured, including Tim Hortons co-founder Ron Joyce.
The independent agency says private aircraft operators regulated by the Canadian Business Aviation Association were not held to the same standard as commercial airlines regulated by Transport Canada.
The safety board's final report (http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/A07A0134/A07A0134.asp) says Transport Canada transferred regulatory responsibility for some aviation operators to the association in 2003, then failed to exercise effective oversight.
The board also found that many pilots were not aware of the limitations of the visual guidance systems — known as known as visual glide slope indicators — used to conduct landings.
Mr. Joyce suffered two fractured vertebrae when his new Bombardier Global 5000 crashed just short of the private runway at his Fox Harb'r Golf Resort and Spa near Wallace, N.S., in 2007. The plane was flying through high winds and rain when the front landing gear collapsed as it struck a lip of pavement before the runway, causing the jet to skid on its belly for 300 metres.
Report here: Transportation Safety Board of Canada - AVIATION REPORTS - 2007 - A07A0134 (http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/A07A0134/A07A0134.asp)
The independent agency says private aircraft operators regulated by the Canadian Business Aviation Association were not held to the same standard as commercial airlines regulated by Transport Canada.
The safety board's final report (http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/A07A0134/A07A0134.asp) says Transport Canada transferred regulatory responsibility for some aviation operators to the association in 2003, then failed to exercise effective oversight.
The board also found that many pilots were not aware of the limitations of the visual guidance systems — known as known as visual glide slope indicators — used to conduct landings.
Mr. Joyce suffered two fractured vertebrae when his new Bombardier Global 5000 crashed just short of the private runway at his Fox Harb'r Golf Resort and Spa near Wallace, N.S., in 2007. The plane was flying through high winds and rain when the front landing gear collapsed as it struck a lip of pavement before the runway, causing the jet to skid on its belly for 300 metres.
Report here: Transportation Safety Board of Canada - AVIATION REPORTS - 2007 - A07A0134 (http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/A07A0134/A07A0134.asp)