CF-CFL

Safety history

• December 9, 1977Accident

  The corporate jet HS-125 aircraft departed Montreal at 2123 (GMT), 9 December 1977 with Churchill Falls as destination. The estimated time en route was 1 hour 45 minutes. The flight proceeded normally and was in contact with Air Traffic Services en route. When in range of Churchill Falls the flight received a clearance for the approach from Moncton ATC.

  BAe 125 · 8 fatalities

  It was determined that the accident was the consequence of the combination of the following findings: - Cockpit discipline was inadequate as the approach entered the final phase, - Distractions in the cockpit degraded crew performance, - The pilots deprived themselves of essential altitude information by not effectively monitoring the flight instruments… Full accident record

• November 11, 1969Accident

  The twin engine aircraft departed Churchill Falls Airport at 1800LT on a 20-minute flight to Wabush. As it neared destination, Moncton Centre cleared the aircraft to the Wabush airport to perform an ADF approach on the WK beacon, a cancelled procedure. This clearance was acknowledged and read back by the copilot.

  BAe 125 · 8 fatalities

  The following findings were identified: - The ATC agency cleared the pilot to perform an approach procedure cancelled six months before, a procedure of which he, as an itinerant pilot with an up-to-date approach publication, would probably have no knowledge. - One of the aircraft's two ADF sets had been unserviceable during this and preceding flights. Full accident record