What happened
On the afternoon of 16 August 2015, a Beechcraft King Air A100, operated by Maritime Air Charter Limited, was performing a scheduled charter flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Margaree Aerodrome. The aircraft, registered as C-FDOR, was carrying two crew members and two passengers at the time of the incident.
During the daylight hours, the flight crew was executing a visual approach to Runway 01. As the aircraft reached the runway, it made contact with the surface approximately 263 feet past the threshold with significant force. This heavy touchdown triggered the immediate collapse of the right main landing gear. Following the gear failure, the right wing and propeller struck the runway surface.
The aircraft continued to slide along the runway for a distance of roughly 1350 feet before veering toward the right side of the pavement. The excursion ended when the plane came to a stop approximately 1850 feet beyond the runway threshold and 22 feet from the runway edge. Despite the substantial damage sustained by the airframe, there were no injuries reported among the occupants, and no fire occurred following the impact.
Findings
- The primary cause of the accident was a hard touchdown during the visual approach phase.
- The 406-megahertz emergency locator transmitter failed to activate during the event.