Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200 crash, Jan 8, 2016 (2 killed)
Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200 accident on January 8, 2016 near Akkajaure Lake, Norrbotten, Sweden with 2 fatalities. Cause: SHK (RL 2016:11e): the...
- Date: January 8, 2016
- Aircraft: Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200
- Location: Akkajaure Lake, Norrbotten, Sweden
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: SHK (RL 2016:11e): the accident was caused by insufficient operational prerequisites for managing a failure in a redundant system. Contributing factors were the absence of an effective communication system for abnormal situations, insufficient guidance from the flight instrument system about malfunctions, and the initial manoeuvre that produced negative G loads.
On 8 January 2016 a West Air Sweden CRJ200PF (SE DUX) flying cargo flight SWN294 from Oslo to Tromso was at FL330 when the left attitude indicator showed a rapid pitch change after an inertial reference unit malfunction. The crew became spatially disoriented, the aircraft descended with negative G and exceeded its maximum speed, and it struck the ground in mountains near Akkajaure Lake in Norrbotten, killing both pilots. The Swedish SHK final report RL 2016:11e concluded the accident resulted from insufficient operational prerequisites for managing a failure in a redundant system.