# NTSB CEN16WA237: Vans RV6, St-Mathieu-De-Beloeil, Canada, June 2, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 2, 2016, 13:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: St-Mathieu-De-Beloeil, Canada
- Location: 27.6575° N, 62.1139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from St-Mathieu-De-Beloeil Airport (CSB3), within about 414 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6575&lon=-62.1139&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Explosion (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/160)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA237
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93508/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA237

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Explosion (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/160) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/160/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 28, 2016, about 1350 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Vans RV6, C-TFUO, impacted terrain at St-Mathieu-De-Beloeil (CSB3), Quebec, Canada. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was fatally injured. The airplane was substantially destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident. Canadian officials said the airplane took off from Runway 15 for a local flight in the area. On initial climb, a loud bang was heard and the airplane was observed in a descent. The airplane collided with level terrain in a field approximately 1000 feet from the end of the runway before coming to a stop 220 feet beyond the initial impact. A post impact fire ensued. The accident is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian government. This report is for information 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 Canada, Place du Centre, 4eme etage, 4th Floor, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada K1A 1K8.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FTUO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VANS RV6
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 22451
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: CSB3, St-Mathieu-De-B
- Destination: CSB3, St-Mathieu-De-B
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: CSB3, St-Mathieu-De-Beloeil, runway 15

## 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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