Air transportation
Air transportation safety investigation A22O0118
The occurrence
A privately registered Piper PA-28-180 aircraft was departing from Canton Aerodrome, Ontario, on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight to Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport, Ontario, with one pilot and one passenger onboard.
Air transportation safety investigation A22O0146
The occurrence
On , at 0013 Eastern Daylight Time, during the hours of darkness, the maintenance vehicle designated as Maintenance 31, operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario, crossed the runway holding position marking for the east side of Runway 15R on Taxiway J, even though the driver had received and read back a taxi clearance that included an instruction to hold short of the runway.
Air transportation safety investigation A22Q0126
The occurrence
A Beech C23 Sundowner aircraft, operated by the Cégep de Chicoutimi, was on a local training flight from the Chicoutimi/St-Honoré airport, Quebec, with an instructor and a student pilot on board.
Air transportation safety investigation A22C0093
The occurrence
On 19 October 2022 at 2130 Central Daylight Time, the Perimeter Aviation LP de Havilland DHC-8-314 (registration C-GJYZ, serial number 368) aircraft departed Pikangikum Airport, Ontario, on an instrument flight rules flight to Sandy Lake Airport, Ontario, with 3 crew members and 28 passengers on board.
Air transportation safety investigation A22P0115
The occurrence
On 23 November 2022, a Cessna 185 with floats departed a logging camp in Strachan Bay, British Columbia (BC), to the Port Hardy Water Aerodrome, BC, with one pilot and two passengers on board. During the initial climb, the aircraft reached an approximate height of 100 feet above sea level before pitching nose down and colliding with the water.
Air transportation safety investigation A22Q0142
The occurrence
On 29 November 2022, a privately registered amateur built Rotorway-type helicopter was conducting a local flight from a private property in the municipality of Lefebvre, Quebec, with only the pilot on board. While returning to its departure point, at approximately 200 feet above ground, the aircraft broke up and crashed in a ditch that separated two fields. The pilot received fatal injuries.
Air transportation safety investigation A22A0067
The occurrence
A privately registered Piper PA 46-350P aircraft (with a PT6A-35 powered JetProp DLX conversion) was flying from the Sept-Îles airport, Quebec to the Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The aircraft had been given clearance to land, and upon approach struck terrain about 2.5 miles southwest of the airport along the extended centreline of runway 08. The 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter activated. The aircraft was destroyed.