C-GNAF — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

July 9, 2009Accident
The Canadian Air Charters Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain (registration C-GNAF, serial number 31-8052130) was operating under visual flight rules as APEX 511 on the final leg of a multi-leg cargo flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia, with a return to Vancouver.
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain · 2 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. APEX 511 turned onto the final approach course within the wake turbulence area behind and below the heavier aircraft and encountered its wake, resulting in an upset and loss of control at an altitude that precluded recovery. 2. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (July 9, 2009).

July 9, 2009Accidentdestroyed
Piper PA-31-350 · Vancouver · 2 fatalities · A09P0187
A09P0187: The Piper Chieftain was operating under VFR as APEX 511 on a round-robin cargo flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo to Victoria and return to Vancouver. At 2208 Pacific daylight time, APEX 511 was second for landing behind an Airbus A321 for runway 26 Right at Vancouver International Airport when the Apex 511…

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