Former Alberta premier and three others killed in Citation crash in B.C.

[rotornut]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/14/4-killed-in-bc-airplane-crash.html

[PineappleFrenzy]

C-GTNG. From FlightAware, didn't even make it five miles from the airport. Max reported altitude was 7000 feet. Looks like they were making a right turn out when reporting ended at 4800 feet in a 2,200 fpm descent.

Scary.

RIP

[peekay4]

TSB has released some images from the crash site:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tsbcanada/sets/72157671744622934

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8280/30228529512_4caef29ed8_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/N4c7Fj)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5463/30344775505_5a646e7476_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NesUyz)

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8129/30258904731_944b12c55e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/N6SNaZ)

[rotornut]

Jim Prentice's plane crashed only eight minutes after takeoff, TSB says - Calgary - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jim-prentice-plane-crash-victims-1.3807182)

[John James]

Condolences to the friends and family.There was a big moon that night and we in Nelson area had a surprising low level frost showing on our vehicles for what it's worth..

[PineappleFrenzy]

From TSB:

Aviation Investigation A16P0186 - Transportation Safety Board (http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/aviation/2016/a16p0186/a16p0186.asp)

What we know



A Cessna Citation departed Kelowna, British Columbia (CYLW) at 21:32 (Pacific Daylight Time), destined for Calgary/Springbank Airport, (CYWB).
The aircraft struck terrain approximately 11 km north of Kelowna Airport at approximately 21:40 local time (Pacific Daylight Time).
At this time we believe there was one pilot and 3 passengers on board, all of whom sustained fatal injuries.
The aircraft was not equipped with, nor was it required to carry, a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) or a Flight Data Recorder (FDR); however, the team will be reviewing any electronic components on the aircraft from which they can retrieve data to help understand the flight profile.
The air‎craft was destroyed from high deceleration forces after a vertical descent.
There were no emergency or distress calls made. No emergency locator transmitter signal was received.

Many news outlets report the accident A/C disappeared from radar at an altitude of 8,600 feet. Would be interested to know the source of that info.

[evansb]

The weather was raining and overcast with a surface temperature of 7 Celsius at the time of departure. The CYLW 140500Z METAR also remarked the barometric pressure was falling rapidly.

The aircraft was a privately owned Cessna Citation 500, built in 1974, i.e. 42 years old. No information on air-frame time or number of cycles. Pilot was a quiet, professional ex-RCMP guy..

The ICAO aerodrome location identifier for Springbank is CYBW, not CYWB as prevously posted..

[India Four Two]

Many news outlets report the accident A/C disappeared from radar at an altitude of 8,600 feet. Would be interested to know the source of that info.

Flight Aware shows max altitude as 7000'


C-GTNG ? 13-Oct-2016 ? CYLW - CYBW ? FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CGTNG/history/20161014/0410ZZ/CYLW/CYBW)

[oleary]

.... this is Canada FFS :rolleyes:

[John James]

Bit more info Lack of data may leave Prentice crash unsolved - The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lack-of-data-may-leave-prentice-crash-unsolved/article32385452/?cmpid=rss1&google_editors_picks=true)

Maybe the Pilot had an aneurysm or became disoriented- it was dark and late for a work day. ...or a problem with the aircraft surfaced right after take off.
Surprised they didn't retrofit a black box of sorts in this older jet aircraft . Doest leave much for the investigators to work with..

[evansb]

There are many certified modifications for the Cessna C500/501 series. Almost all of the modifications are designed to enhance performance. There is no information available if the crashed aircraft had any of the after-market MODS installed.

[evansb]

Indeed. Well taken oleary. Here is the beauty on a better day:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/CGTNG%20Premier%20Citation_zpslwnj1w5r.jpg