C-FQYW B.C. Canada Crash 10.12.2019

[ApolloHeli]

Normally I dwell on the rotorheads forum so if this needs to be relocated please do so...

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/mobile/3-people-dead-in-gabriola-island-b-c-plane-crash-1.4725979

Aerostar crashed two nights ago and couldn’t find any threads on this. I am not familiar with the airport/area so if anyone could dwell light on the approaches available that would be interesting for me. Apparently this was a private flight and crashed during bad weather on approach/landing.

Overall a sad event but as with any incident I hope some lessons may come of this and carry on Alex’s legacy of teaching future pilots, albeit not in the way he would like.

[India Four Two]

Nanaimo is a non-towered airport, that has scheduled flights using Q400 and 737 aircraft.

It has one 6600’ runway 16/34. The available approaches from the north are NDB 16 and NDB/DME 16:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/703x1052/36399a8a_99e8_4c08_b89e_2c0bf3919483_c3d7aa36e54072056c2a9d6 50f554af3d8cc387b.jpeg

The Aerostar crashed near the MAPEK 8 DME intersection.

There is also an ILS 16 approach that is marked RESTRICTED, although presumably there is nothing to stop a pilot using it for guidance while flying the NDB approach.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x1078/e8f26f23_708c_429f_8a78_2f98b2567131_c7d672b07f7f743eaba4f31 072d057c006efef2e.jpeg

[bcbob]

Flightradar shows the track for aircraft AEST at Dec 11 1:3-2am UTC (6PM local time Dec 10)

[bcflyer]

There is also an RNAV approach to 16.

[BDAttitude]

Pilot seems to have been Alex Bahlsen (https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article204275422/Alex-Bahlsen-Bahlsen-Erbe-stirbt-bei-Flugzeugabsturz-in-Kanada.html) fellow heir of the german cookie empire Bahlsen / Lorenz snack world.

[dash34]

News now says that the pilot reported an equipment failure prior to the accident.

[Bravo Delta]

They need to check the pneumatic manifold, looks to me that he had unreliable artificial horizon.


RIP Alex an Aerostar pilot

[India Four Two]

CADORS report:

While on approach for instrument landing system (ILS) 16 into Nanaimo, BC (CYCD), a privately registered Piper PA-60-602P on a flight from Bishop, CA (KBIH) to Nanaimo, BC (CYCD) reported an equipment issue and deviated from the approach prior to dropping off of radar. Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) reported that the aircraft had crashed on Gabriola Island.
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