Date & Time:
May 1, 1979
Type of aircraft:
Beechcraft 90 King Air
Operator:
Registration:
C-FCAS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Government
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
LJ-23
YOM:
1965
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a regional flight on behalf of the Department of Transportation of Canada. While cruising at an altitude of 1,700 feet, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in a prairie located about 5 km northwest of Sherrington. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Elements of the right wight detached in flight for undetermined reasons.
