C500, vicinity Kelowna BC Canada, 2016

C500, vicinity Kelowna BC Canada, 2016

Summary

On 13 October 2016, a Cessna 500 crashed and was destroyed after an apparent loss of control shortly after taking off from Kelowna at night. In the absence of recorded flight data the Investigation was unable to explain the circumstances which led to loss of control but did identify significant safety concerns about both lack of progress in mandating the carriage of lightweight flight data recorders on small aircraft and a significant lack of effectiveness in the regulatory oversight of the business aviation sector in Canada.

Description

On 13 October 2016, a Cessna 500 (C-GTNG) being operated by Norjet on a private passenger flight from Kelowna to Calgary disappeared from radar at night in undetermined flight conditions a few minutes after takeoff and its wreckage was subsequently located 4½ nm from the airport. All four occupants were confirmed killed as a result of the impact and/or the post-crash fire which followed.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB). The aircraft was not equipped with a CVR or an FDR and neither was this a regulatory requirement. Recordings of relevant ATC radar and communications were available.

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