C-GNIE (Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-28RT-201) — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

February 20, 2001Accident
A Piper PA-31-350, registration C-GNIE, serial number 31-7552047, was on a scheduled (APO1023) instrument flight rules mail service flight between Rouyn Airport, Quebec, and Val-d'Or Airport, Quebec, at approximately 1845 . After checking for prevailing weather conditions at the destination airport, the pilot decided to make a visual approach on runway 36.
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. The environmental conditions and loss of visual ground references near Val-d'Or Airport were conducive to spatial disorientation. Because of a lack of instrument flight experience, the pilot probably became disoriented during the overshoot and was unable to regain control of the situation. 2. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records2 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

February 20, 2001Accidentsubstantial damage
Piper PA-31-350 · Val-d'or · A01Q0034
A01Q0034: Lors de l'approche contact piste 18 à Val-D'or en provenance de Rouyn, l'appareil, un Piper PA-31-350, immatriculé C-GNIE, Aéropro vol 1023, a heurté le sol à approximativement 2 milles au sud-est de l'aéroport.
December 8, 1997Incident
Piper PA-31-350 · Quebec · A97Q0252
A97q0252: le convair 340 a decolle de la piste 30 de l'aeroport de quebec/jean lesage intl (cyqb) sur un sid 3, cap 265 montee a 3 000 pieds. Peu de temps apres le decollage, le pilote a avise le terminal qu'il quittait 3 500 pieds pour 4 000 pieds. Le pilote a alors realise son erreur et a descendu a 3 000 pieds. Un…

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