C-FPWC (Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-32-300) — accident record & aircraft history

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on February 11, 1978. No route data will appear.

Safety history

February 11, 1978Accident
Pacific Western Airlines flight 314 was a scheduled Boeing 737 service from Fort McMurray, Aberta, to Castlegar with stops at Edmonton, Calgary and Cranbrook, B. C. The flight departed Calgary at 1932Z 11 February 1978, for Cranbrook with a Company estimated time enroute of 23 minutes. This estimate was passed to the Company Agent in Cranbrook.
Boeing 737-200 · 42 fatalities
The following findings were reported: - The estimated time of arrival of the aircraft at Cranbrook, calculated by Calgary ATC, and used by Aeradio for advisory purposes was considerably in error and resulted in a traffic conflict between the arriving aircraft and a vehicle working on the runway, - The flight crew did not report by the Skookum beacon on… Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records6 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (February 11, 1978).

June 3, 2018Accidentsubstantial damage
Piper PA-32-300 · Prince Albert · A18C0039
C-FPWC, a privately registered Piper PA-32-300 aircraft, was conducting a flight from Saskatoon/Corman Air Park, SK (CJN5) to Cree Lake/Crystal Lodge (Midgett Field), SK (CKS8) with only the pilot on board. During cruise flight, the pilot encountered a low ceiling and elected to turn back to CJN5. Approximately 95 nm…
December 19, 2006Incident
Cessna 560 · Montreal · A06Q0204
A06Q0204: En montée, à l'altitude de passage de 22,000 pieds, le moteur gauche (PW15D) du Cessna C560, a commencé à pomper. Lorsque la puissance a été réduite le pompage s'est arrêté. L'équipage a décidé de retourner à St-Hubert pour vérification. L'appareil s'est posé sans autre problème. Au sol la valve de décharge…
May 24, 2005Incident
Cessna 560 · Kict Wichita /mid-continent, 48 NM N · A05F0095
A05F0095: The C560XL, registration C-FPWC, cabin pressure rose (Delta pressure dropped) while enroute over the GOSSL fix, 48 nm north of Wichita, Kansas. The climb was stopped and aircraft descended below 10,000 ft. Crew diverted aircraft back to Wichita airport. A clamp around the tube/pipe on the Air Cycle Machine…
November 11, 2003Incident
Cessna 560 · Montreal · A03Q0177
A03Q0177: Le jet d'affaire, Cessna Citation Excel, immatriculé C-FPWA et opéré par Pratt & Whitney Canada, était en vol à 10 000 pieds lorsque le pilote automatique s'est désengagé. L'équipage n'a observé aucune défaillance sur le vol de l'aéronef. En approche à l'aéroport de St-Hubert, l'équipage a pu observer que…
June 28, 2000Incident
Cessna 560 · Montreal · A00Q0084
A00Q0084: L'équipage du Cessna 560XL immatriculé C-FPWC effectuait un vol d'entraînement, au Nord de Montréal avant de se diriger vers Ottawa comme destination finale. Lors de l'approche à Maniwaki, l'équipage a noté que l'indicateur du train d'atterrissage indiquait que la roue principale de droite n'était pas sortie…
February 11, 1978Accidentdestroyed
Boeing 737-200 · Cranbrook Airport · 43 fatalities · A78H0001
A78h0001: the flight departed calgary for cranbrook at 1932 with a company calculated ete of 23 min which was passed to the company agent in cranbrook. The aircraft reached cruising altitude at 1938, and calgary ATC passed an eta of 2005 to cranbrook aeradio, which provides an advisory service at the uncontrolled…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).