C-GWEA (aerospatiale - AERITALIA ATR 42-320) — accident record & aircraft history

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on December 13, 2017. No route data will appear.

Safety history

December 13, 2017Accident
On 13 December 2017, an Avions de Transport Régional ATR 42-320 aircraft (registration C-GWEA, serial number 240), operated by West Wind Aviation L.P. (West Wind), was scheduled for a series of instrument flight rules flights from Saskatoon through northern Saskatchewan as flight WEW282.
ATR42-300 · 1 fatalities
Findings as to causes and contributing factors: These are conditions, acts or safety deficiencies that were found to have caused or contributed to this occurrence. 1. When West Wind commenced operations into Fond-du-Lac Airport (CZFD) in 2014, no effective risk controls were in place to mitigate the potential hazard of ground icing at CZFD. 2. Full accident record

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (December 13, 2017).

December 13, 2017Accidentdestroyed
Atr ATR 42-300 · Fond-du-lac · 1 fatalities · A17C0146
C-GWEA, an Aerospatiale ATR 42-320 aircraft operated by West Wind Aviation, was conducting flight WEW282 from Fond-du-Lac, SK (CZFD) to Stoney Rapids, SK (CYSF), with 3 crew members and 22 passengers on board. At 1812 CST, shortly after takeoff from Runway 28 at CZFD, WEW282 collided with trees and terrain…