C-GIPB — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

October 15, 2001Accident
A Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain, C-GIPB, serial number 31-7852170, departed Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, at 2043 mountain daylight time on a night instrument flight rules (IFR) charter flight to Fort Liard. One pilot and five passengers were on board.
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain · 3 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. For undetermined reasons, the pilot did not maintain adequate altitude during a night circling approach in IMC and the aircraft struck the ground. 2. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

October 15, 2001Accidentsubstantial damage
Piper PA-31-350 · Fort Liard · 3 fatalities · A01W0261
A01W0261: The Piper Navajo Chieftain, C-GIPB, departed Yellowknife at about 2015 on an IFR flight to Fort Liard, NT. When the aircraft did not arrive, RCC Trenton was advised. A Hercules SAR aircraft was dispatched. The aircraft position was located by both SARSAT and the Hercules. At about 0830, 16 October rescue…

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