Beechcraft E18 crash, Feb 6, 1992, Little Grand Rapids
Beechcraft E18 accident on February 6, 1992 near Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of engine power during an...
- Date: February 6, 1992
- Aircraft: Beechcraft E18
- Location: Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of engine power during an icing-affected night approach. No official finding was confirmed in the sources reviewed.
A Beechcraft E18S operated by Ministic Air was on an evening flight from Island Lake to Little Grand Rapids with seven passengers and a pilot. On a night approach in icing conditions the airplane rolled and descended to the ground, then skidded across the frozen lake for several hundred metres. All eight occupants escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.