- Date
- August 1, 2018, 19:36 local (19:36 UTC)
- Place
- Calgary, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- C-FNCIPiper PA-31
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97984
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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 August 1, 2018, at 1336 mountain daylight time, a Canadian registered Piper PA-31, C-FNCI, operated by Aries Aviation Services Corp., was substantially damaged after impacting terrain under unknown circumstances 35 miles southwest of Calgary, Canada. The pilot, and sole passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from Penticton Regional Airport (CYYF), British Columbia, and was destined for Calgary Springbank Airport (CYBY), Alberta. 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 Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FNCI
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31 (Undesignat)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-8112007
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Aries Aviation Services Corp.
- Registered owner
- Aries Aviation Services Corp.