C-GQAL — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

June 18, 1998AccidentHull loss
On the morning of 18 June 1998, Propair 420, a Fairchild-Swearingen Metro II (SA226-TC), C-GQAL, took off for an instrument flight rules flight from Dorval, Quebec, to Peterborough, Ontario. The aircraft took off from Runway 24 left (L) at 0701 eastern daylight time.
Swearingen SA226 Metro II · 11 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: - The crew did not realize that the pull to the left and the extended take-off run were due to the left brakes' dragging, which led to overheating of the brake components. - Dragging of the left brakes was most probably caused by an unidentified pressure locking factor upstream of the brakes on take-off. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (June 18, 1998).

June 18, 1998Accidentdestroyed
Swearingen (inactive) SA-226-TC · Montréal · 11 fatalities · A98Q0087
A98q0087: treize minutes apres le decollage, le pilote du sa 226-tc a informe le controleur qu'il desirait revenir a dorval a cause d'un probleme avec le systeme hydraulique. Sept minutes plus tard, le pilote a decide d'atterrir a mirabel apres avoir rapporte un feu au moteur gauche. L'appareil s'est ecrase sur la…

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