God's Lake Narrows Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

God's Lake Narrows Canada
Saturday, November 22, 2008 21:45 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/22/2008
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 2145
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City God's Lake Narrows
Event State --
Event Country CANADA
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2008
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 543332N
Event Location Longitude 0942929W
Event Location Airport God's Lake Narrows Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID CYGO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 2
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 617
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2200 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID CYIV
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 57
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height 1600
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 900
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -7
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 160
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.85
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 5
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 5
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Nov 25 2008 11:11AM
User who most recently changed record foxt
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number CEN09WA073
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Non-U.S., Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground and In-flight
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model A100
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number B-227
Certified Max Gross Weight 11500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Sky North Air
Aircraft Owner Street Address 5 Allen Dyne Road
Aircraft Owner City Winnipeg
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country CA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 5 Allen Dyne Road
Operator City Winnipeg
Operator State --
Operator Country CA
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight International
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Other Work Use
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code CYGO
Departure City God's Lake
Departure State --
Departure Country CA
Departure Time 2145
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code CYTH
Destination City Thompson
Destination State --
Destination Country CA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Nov 25 2008 11:12AM
User who most recently changed record foxt
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 14
Runway Length 3420
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight Yes
Medical Flight Medical Emergency