Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Apr 24, 2019, Gillam
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on April 24, 2019 near Gillam, Manitoba, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Departure with insufficient fuel...
- Date: April 24, 2019
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Gillam, Manitoba, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Departure with insufficient fuel after the crew did not notice the fuel shortage, leading to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing
A Keewatin Air Beechcraft B200 on a medevac positioning flight from Winnipeg to Rankin Inlet via Churchill ran out of fuel and both engines flamed out during an emergency descent to Gillam. The aircraft touched down on the frozen surface of Stephens Lake about 750 feet short of runway 23. The 2 pilots and 2 flight nurses were not injured. The TSB found the aircraft departed with insufficient fuel because the fuel quantity was not properly checked.