C-FATS (Van'S RV-7A) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2005 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FATS.

February 27, 2000Accident
The Piper Navajo Chieftain PA-31-350, serial number 31-7952072, departed Edmonton, Alberta, on an instrument flight rules charter flight to Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, with one pilot and six passengers on board. The pilot conducted a non-directional beacon approach at night in Stony Rapids, followed by a missed approach.
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. The pilot executed a missed approach on his first NDB approach, and, during the second missed approach, after momentarily seeing the runway, he decided to conduct a visual approach, descending below MDA in an attempt to fly under the cloud base. 2. Full accident record

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Registrations are reused. 2 TSB records predate the airframe built in 2005 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FATS.

February 27, 2000Accidentsubstantial damage
Piper PA-31-350 · Stony Rapids · A00H0001
A00H0001: The aircraft departed Fort Mc Murray with a pilot and six passengers on a flight to Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan. The aircraft crashed while on approach to the Stony Rapids airfield.
May 25, 1979Accidentsubstantial damage
American AA-1A · Thompson · A79C0048
Fog suddenly moved in and covered the airport as the pilot was attempting to land following a 2 hour 45 minute night VFR flight. The pilot, who did not have an instrument rating, missed 2 approaches and on the third allowed the aircraft to descend into dense brush short of the runway.