# NTSB ANC16WA044: North American T28, Cold Lake, Canada, July 17, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 17, 2016, 19:51 local (19:51 UTC)
- Place: Cold Lake, Canada
- Coordinates: 54.404998, -110.279441 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.4050&lon=-110.2794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC16WA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93640/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93640
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16WA044

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: North American T28 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 138364
- Engines: Wright R1820-86B reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Registered owner: Bruce Evans
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 30, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93640. 352 KB in all.

- Accredited Representative Correspondence (item 1, .PDF, 212 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40443924&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accredited%20Representative%20Correspondence-Master.PDF
- TSB Initial Notification (item 2, .PDF, 140 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40443925&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=TSB%20Initial%20Notification-Master.PDF

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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