# NTSB CEN09WA073: Beech A100, God's Lake Narrows, Canada, November 23, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 22, 2008, 21:45 local (Nov 23, 2008, 03:45 UTC)
- Place: God's Lake Narrows, Canada
- Coordinates: 54.558887, -94.491386 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.5589&lon=-94.4914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69493
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69493/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA073

## Probable cause

NONE.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Post-impact: Fire/smoke (post-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170); cases with it: [All aircraft, 354 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md)

## Analysis

NONE.

## Factual narrative

On November 22, 2008, at 2145 central standard time, Sky North Air flight 683, a Beech A100 (King Air), Canadian registration C-FSNA, collided with trees and terrain shortly after takeoff from God's Lake Narrows Airport (CYGO), God's Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada. The air ambulance flight was enroute to Thompson Municipal Airport (CYTH), Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. The aircraft was destroyed during a post-impact fire. The 3 flight crew members and 2 passengers sustained minor injuries. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 335-550 Century Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3H 0Y1 Phone: (204) 983-5548 Fax: (204)983-8026 Email: airops@tsb.gc.ca Webpage: http://www.tsb.gc.ca This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FSNA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B-227
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney Canada PT-6A 680 hp turbo prop; Pratt and Whitney Canada PT-6A 680 hp turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Both
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Sky North Air
- Registered owner: Sky North Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport; Unknown
- Departed: CYGO, God's Lake
- Destination: CYTH, Thompson
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CYGO, God's Lake Narrows Airport, runway 14, 3,420 × 100 ft, gravel

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observed at: CYIV, 57 nm away

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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