C-FSDZ (Sundance Balloons Ltd. SBA77) — 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 2004 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FSDZ.

October 8, 2000AccidentHull loss
At 1108 mountain daylight time on 08 October 2000, the Summit Air Charter's Short Brothers SC-7 Skyvan, serial number SH1953, departed on a visual flight rules six-hour flight from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to Kugluktuk, Nunavut, to Port Radium, Northwest Territories, and back to Yellowknife.
Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant · 3 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. Although the pilot and the aircraft were certified for instrument flight, the pilot apparently continued to fly in accordance with visual flight rules after encountering marginal weather conditions and reduced visibility. 2. Full accident record

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Registrations are reused. 3 TSB records predate the airframe built in 2004 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FSDZ.

October 8, 2000Accidentsubstantial damage
Shorts SC-7 · Port Radium, 3 NM N · 3 fatalities · A00W0217
A00W0217: At 1108 mountain daylight time on 08 October 2000, the Summit Air Charter's Short Brothers SC-7 Skyvan, serial number SH1953, departed on a visual flight rules six-hour flight from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to Kugluktuk, Nunavut, to Port Radium, Northwest Territories, and back to Yellowknife. The…
May 12, 1999Accidentsubstantial damage
Shorts SC-7 · Matson Creek · A99W0074
A99w0074: the short brothers sc-7, c-fsdz, was on a bulk diesel fuel haul from whitehorse to matson creek, yt. During the landing at matson creek, the aircraft was substantially damaged when the aircraft touched down heavily about 100 yards short of the strip. The strip is of suitable length, but very undulating in an…
June 12, 1996Accidentsubstantial damage
Shorts SC-7 SKYVAN · Wolverine Lake · A96W0111
A96w0111: while landing the shorts skyvan sc-7 on a gravel strip, the nose wheel and fork separted. Sheet metal on the belly was dented and scraped. The operator is suspicious of breaks in the nose wheel fork and may send the part in to the tsb engineering branch requesting a detailed examination.