Transportation Safety Board of Canada | Mechanical Failure in One Engine, Fuel Starvation in Second Engine Led to April 2011 Fatal Airplane Crash in Saskatoon

Transportation Safety Board of Canada | Mechanical Failure in One Engine, Fuel Starvation in Second Engine Led to April 2011 Fatal Airplane Crash in Saskatoon: GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of
Canada (TSB) today released its investigation report (A11C0047) into
the 1 April 2011 crash of a CASA C-212 aerial survey aircraft, operated
by Fugro Aviation Canada, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


During a geophysical survey flight east of Saskatoon, an internal
component in the right engine of the Fugro CASA C-212 failed, causing
the engine to lose power. The crew of three then completed the engine
failure checklist, stowed the survey equipment and turned toward the
Saskatoon airport. Fourteen minutes later, with the aircraft just short
of the airport, the left engine lost power. The aircraft impacted a
concrete noise abatement wall as the crew executed a forced landing
adjacent to a road. The survey equipment operator was fatally injured,
the first officer was seriously injured, and the captain suffered minor
injuries. The aircraft was destroyed.

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