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Engine fire indication led to an aircraft runway overrun

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Figure 2. Occurrence aircraft stopped on Runway 08’s prepared surface, after the runway overrun (Source: Department of National Defence)

Engine fire indication led to an aircraft runway overrun

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Deployment

TSB is deploying a team of investigators following a helicopter crash near Havre-Saint-Pierre

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Figure 1. View of the occurrence aircraft with damage shown, looking northwest (Source: Third party, with permission)

Undetected cracks led to aircraft landing gear collapse in Fort Smith, NWT

Runway overrun Keewatin Air LP Beechcraft King Air B200, C-GBYN Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), Newfoundland and Labrador


Landing gear collapse Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. British Aerospace P.L.C. Jetstream Model 3112, C-FCPE Fort Smith Airport (CYSM), Northwest Territories


Loss of control and overturn on takeoff ETA Aviation & César Camp du Nord Inc. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited DHC-2 Mk. I (Beaver), C-FYNT St-Mathias Water Aerodrome (CSV9), Quebec


Controlled flight into terrain Air Tindi Ltd. De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, C-GMAS Diavik Aerodrome (CDK2), Northwest Territories, 7 NM SE


Collision with terrain KBM Forestry Consultants Inc. Cessna U206F, C-FKZO Lloydminster Airport (CYLL), Alberta, 7 NM SE


Collision with terrain Kîsik Aerial Survey Inc. Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-31, C-GYYP Deer Lake Airport (CYDF), Newfoundland and Labrador 


Engine failure and forced approach Privately registered Piper PA-28-140, C-FXGC Toronto/Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), Ontario, 4 NM NE 


Stall and collision with terrain Privately registered Morrisey (Shinn Engineering Inc.) 2150A (Varga), C-GFHZ Vermilion Aerodrome (CYVG), Alberta, 0.9 NM NW 


Loss of control and overturn on takeoff ETA Aviation & César Camp du Nord Inc. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited DHC-2 Mk. I (Beaver), C-FYNT St-Mathias Water Aerodrome (CSV9), Quebec


Collision with terrain Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. Cessna 172S, C-GHCC Chilliwack Airport (CYCW), British Columbia, 28 NM ESE