Beech 65-A90 N17SA accident, Pitt Meadows, Canada, Aug 3, 2008 · NTSB ANC08WA098

Date: August 3, 2008, 15:24 local (22:24 UTC)
Place: Pitt Meadows, Canada
Injuries: 4 serious, 4 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Initial climb
Aircraft: N17SABeech 65-A90
Defining event: Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
Weather: Visual (VMC)
NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
Lead agency: Other
Case key: 68610

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Powerplant sys/comp malf/failInitial climbBeech 65-A90: 1 case All aircraft: 820 casesDefining event

Engine shutdownInitial climbBeech 65-A90: 1 case All aircraft: 80 cases

Aircraft

Registration: N17SA
Reported as: Beech 65-A90
Category: Airplane
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Skydiving · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator: Pacific Skydivers
Departed: CYPK · Pitt Meadows
Flight plan: Unknown

N17SARegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2009 · Beech 65-A90S/N LJ-164 · Built 1966 Airframe modelBeech 65-A90 Engine modelU/A Canada PT6 SER 578HPTurbo-prop

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Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC)