- Date
- July 17, 2016, 19:51 local (19:51 UTC)
- Place
- Cold Lake, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- C-GKKDNorth American T28
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 93640
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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.
Factual narrative
On July 17, 2016, about 1951 Coordinated Universal Time, a Canadian registered North American Aviation T-28B airplane, C-GKKD, owned and operated by a private individual, impacted terrain near Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, while performing aerobatic maneuvers during an airshow at Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport about 7 nm south west of Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada. The airplane was destroyed, and the sole pilot was fatally injured. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Canadian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage, Place du Centre, 4th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 Tel: 1 (800) 387-3557 Fax: 1 (819) 997-2239 Email: airops@tsb.gc.ca Web: http://www.tsb.gc.ca Occurrence Number: A16W0094
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GKKD
- Reported as
- North American T28 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 138364
- Engine
- Wright R1820-86B, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Registered owner
- Bruce Evans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 30, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 352 KB in all.