Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Nov 22, 2008, Gods Lake Na...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on November 22, 2008 near Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: An electrical short circuit...
- Date: November 22, 2008
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An electrical short circuit in the cockpit pedestal area caused smoke and fire, and the crew's low-level return in an environment with inadequate visual references led to loss of control at an altitude where recovery was not possible.
A Sky North King Air air ambulance flight lifted off from Gods Lake Narrows with two pilots, a flight nurse and two patients. Smoke and fire then came from the cockpit pedestal, and the crew turned back toward the airport at low level in poor visibility. The aircraft struck trees about half a nautical mile from the field and was destroyed by impact and fire, but all five occupants got out.