# NTSB CEN17WA172: Piper PA31, Schefferville, Canada, April 30, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 30, 2017, 22:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Schefferville, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95086
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA172
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95086/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA172

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 30, 2017, a Piper PA-31 airplane, C-FQQB, impacted terrain near Schefferville, Quebec. The two pilots were fatality injured. The accident investigation 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 or Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 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 Canada Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FQQB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-310
- Engines: reciprocating; reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Aerial observation, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Exact Air
- Registered owner: Exact Air
- Departed: Schefferville
- Destination: Schefferville
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 300° at 13 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: CYKL, 3 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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