Casualties unknown

2024-04-13: Beechcraft King Air B200, C-GBYN — Keewatin Air LP — Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

On April 13, 2024, a Beechcraft King Air B200, C-GBYN operated by Keewatin Air LP was involved in an aviation accident near Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), Newfoundland and Labrador, CA. This summary draws on records from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB); 2 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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A Beechcraft King Air B200 on a medical evacuation flight experienced a left-engine fire indication shortly after departure, returned for a single-engine landing, and overran the wet runway by about 40 feet, damaging runway lights. No injuries occurred.

Occurrence

On 13 April 2024, at 0206 Atlantic Daylight Time, a Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft (registration C-GBYN, serial number BB 1232) departed Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), Newfoundland and Labrador, on an instrument flight rules medical evacuation flight to Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB), Quebec. The aircraft carried 2 pilots, 2 medical staff, and 1 patient.

Sequence of Events

Shortly after departure from Runway 26, the flight crew received a left-engine fire indication. They requested a return to CYYR and subsequently declared an emergency. The flight crew stopped the climb and completed the memory items necessary to shut down the left engine. While on vectors for the return, the flight crew lost visual reference with the runway temporarily and regained it at 0.8 nautical miles from the threshold.

Landing and Overrun

Air traffic control cleared the aircraft for a contact approach to Runway 08. The flight crew conducted a single-engine landing on Runway 08. At 0212, following touchdown 9075 feet down the wet runway, the aircraft overran the runway by approximately 40 feet, striking 2 runway end lights and coming to a stop on the prepared surface.

Aftermath

There were no injuries. The aircraft sustained minor damage.