C-GZPU (Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-42-1000) — 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

December 13, 2022Accident
The flight crew reported that, the instrument approach was flown on autopilot to about 700 ft above ground level until the runway was visually in sight. They were 300 ft off the runway centerline, and 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The visual glideslope indicator was inoperative, and the runway markings were obscured due to dry light snow.
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the out of service visual glideslope indicator and snow obscuring the runway markings. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: no damage.

June 23, 2026Incident
Piper PA-42-1000 · Calgary · A26W0083
C-GUWJ, a WestJet Airlines Boeing 737-700 and C-GZPU, a Babin Air PA42-1000, were both departing the Calgary International Airport (CYYC), AB. C-GUWJ departed from Runway 17L on the Cowboy Two departure, and C-GZPU had departed from runway 17R. C-GUWJ flew runway heading. The departure procedure for the Cowboy Two…

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