Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Nov 29, 1988 (4 killed), C...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on November 29, 1988 near Chapleau, Ontario, Canada with 4 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended below the minimum IFR...
- Date: November 29, 1988
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Chapleau, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended below the minimum IFR altitude while approaching the Chapleau NDB, and the reason the crew allowed the descent could not be determined.
King Air A100 C-GJUL of Voyageur Airways was flying an IFR air ambulance flight from Timmins to Chapleau, Ontario, to pick up a patient on the night of 29 November 1988. On the NDB approach to Chapleau the crew descended below the minimum IFR altitude and the aircraft crashed about 2.5 km southwest of the airport. All four occupants, two pilots and two paramedics, were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.