2019 Air Tindi Beechcraft King Air 200 accident in the Northwest Territories (C-GTUC)

Accident overview and flight details On 30 January 2019, at 0851 Mountain Standard Time, an Air Tindi Ltd. Beechcraft King Air 200, registration C-GTUC and serial number BB-268, departed Yellowknife Airport (CYZF) in the Northwest Territories. The aircraft was operating as flight TIN503 under instrument flight rules, with a planned destination of Whatì Airport (CEM3), also in the Northwest Territories. Two crew members were on board. ## Loss of control and impact At 0912, while beginning the approach to Whatì Airport, the aircraft departed controlled flight during its initial descent from 12,000 feet above sea level. It struck terrain approximately 21 nautical miles east-southeast of Whatì Airport, at an elevation of 544 feet above sea level. ## Emergency response and outcome The Canadian Mission Control Centre received a signal from the aircraft’s 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter and notified the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ontario. Search and rescue technicians reached the site approximately six hours after the accident. Both flight crew members sustained fatal injuries on impact, and the aircraft was destroyed.