C-GFQA
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Safety history
- July 16, 2003Accident
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. For undetermined reasons, the Electra did not climb sufficiently to avoid striking the rising terrain. 2. Given the flight path and the rate of climb chosen, a collision with the terrain was unavoidable. 3. Full accident record
- June 19, 1991Accident
While flying at low height on a fire fighting mission, Tanker 236 (Quebec 236) struck tree tops, rolled to the right and crashed in a wooded area. Both pilots were killed. Crew: Normand Chiasson, pilot, John Watson, copilot.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records2 on file
Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (July 16, 2003).
- July 16, 2003Accidentdestroyed
A03P0194: At about 1210 MST, C-GFQA Tanker 86, a 4-engine Lockheed L-188 Electra took off from runway 16 at the Cranbrook airport, BC. Two pilots were on board to conduct a fire-management mission on a small ground fire, 2 nautical miles southwest of Cranbrook. Seven minutes earlier, the partner "bird dog" Turbo…
- June 19, 1991Accidentdestroyed
A91h0004: the cl-215, along with three other aircraft was engaged in forest fire water-bombing operations.after several water-bombing runs by all aircraft involved, dense black smoke was observed rising from a forested area adjacent to the main forest fire. The cl-215 had crashed fatally injuring both pilots. The…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).