- Date
- September 20, 2017, 20:36 local (Sep 21, 2017, 00:36 UTC)
- Place
- Goderich, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- C-FHPUCessna 150J
- Defining event
- Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Continental Motors, Textron Aviation
- Case key
- 96097
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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 September 20, 2017, about 2036 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150J single-engine airplane, Canadian registration C-FHPU, serial number 15070602, crashed in Lake Huron about 1.1 nautical miles west of Goderich Municipal Airport (CYGD), Goderich, Ontario, Canada. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. The cross-country flight departed from Brampton-Caledon Airport (CNC3), Caledon, Ontario, destined for CYGD.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Gatineau, Québec K1A 1K8 Phone: +1 819-994-3741 Fax: +1 819-953-9586 E-mail: AirOps@bst-tsb.gc.ca Webpage: http://bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/index.asp 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-FHPU
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J (J)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070602
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CNC3 · Caledon
- Destination
- CYGD · Goderich
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- CYGD · Goderich Municipal Airport
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- CWGD, 1 nm away