AT43, vicinity Fond-du-Lac SK Canada, 2017

AT43, vicinity Fond-du-Lac SK Canada, 2017

Summary

On 13 December 2017, control of an ATR 42-300 was lost just after it became airborne at night from Fond-du-Lac and it was destroyed by the subsequent terrain impact. Ten occupants sustained serious injuries from which one later died and all others sustained minor injuries. The Investigation found that the accident was primarily attributable to pre-takeoff ice contamination of the airframe with an inappropriate pilot response then preventing an achievable recovery. It was found that significant airframe ice accretion had gone undetected during an inadequate pre-flight inspection and that there was a more widespread failure to recognise airframe icing risk.

Description

On 13 December 2017, ATR 42-320 (C-GWEA) being operated by West Wind Aviation on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Fond-du-Lac to Stony Rapids as flight WEW282 descended into trees shortly after taking off from Fond du Lac in night VMC and was destroyed by the subsequent terrain impact. Ten occupants sustained serious injuries from which one later died and the remaining fifteen occupants all sustained minor injuries.

The wreckage of the front of the aircraft. [Reproduced from the Official Report]

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Canadian TSB. The FDR and CVR were removed from the wreckage and their data was successfully downloaded.

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