# NTSB ANC08WA098: Beech 65-A90, N17SA, Pitt Meadows, Canada, August 3, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 3, 2008, 15:24 local (22:24 UTC)
- Place: Pitt Meadows, Canada
- Coordinates: 49.216667, -122.71666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.2167&lon=-122.7167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 4 serious, 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08WA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68610/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08WA098

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 65-A90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md?model=1152908), [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Engine shutdown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/140); cases with it: [Beech 65-A90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/140/sequence.md?model=1152908), [All aircraft, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/140/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17SA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17SA-2009-04-09), registration cancelled 2009-04-09, S/N LJ-164, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 65-A90
- Registry model: [Beech 65-A90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (registry code 1152908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (registry code 61501, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Skydiving, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Pacific Skydivers
- Departed: CYPK, Pitt Meadows
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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