AT43 (C-GWEA) vicinity Fond-du-Lac SK Canada, 13 December 2017

AT43 (C-GWEA) vicinity Fond-du-Lac SK Canada, 13 December 2017

Publication info
Author
TSB Canada
Category
Accident Reports Human Factors Loss of Control Ground Operations
Date of publication
28/10/2021

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.

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