Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:33:29 +0200
To: asn-digest@...
From: Harro Ranter
Subject: ASN Accident Digest 2003-15 L-188 Electra Air Spray

16 JUL 2003 Lockheed L-188A Electra C-GFQA Air Spray near Cranbrook, Canada
2(2)

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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2003-15
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Date: 16 JUL 2003
Type: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Operator: Air Spray
Registration: C-GFQA
Msn / C/n: 1040
Year built: 1959
Engines: 4 Allison 501-D13
Crew: 2 fatalities / 2 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 0 on board
Total: 2 fatalities / 2 on board
Location: 10km SE of Cranbrook, BC (Canada)
Phase: Cruise
Nature: Fire fighting
Departure airport: Cranbrook Airport, BC (YXC)
Destination airport: Cranbrook Airport, BC (YXC)
Remarks:
Several small forest fires had erupted near Cranbrook and the Air Spray
Electra was called in to fight the fires. Just after dumping its load of
flame-retardant materials, the aircraft crashed into the forest. The
aircraft involved reportedly was Tanker 86 - C-GFQA.

Sources:
CBC, CP

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AIRCRAFT PROFILE LOCKHEED L-188 ELECTRA
* Last (civilian) hull-loss accident: 01 MAR 1999 Channel Express N285F, at
Shannon Airport (SNN) Ireland - 0 fatalities
* Last fatal accident: 08 FEB 1999 Air Karibu 9Q-CDI, at Kinshasa, Congo -
7 fatalities
* Total number of hull-losses: 56 losses (47 accidents, 7 other occurrences
and 2 unknown occurrences)
* 27th worst accident
* Survival rate for all fatal accidents: 11,9% of all occupants survived
fatal accidents
* History of C-GFQA:
N9701C Lockheed 8 APR 1959 first flight
- Braniff 29 APR 1959 delivered
- FB Ayer & Ass. 26 MAY 1970 bought & stored at
Tucson that year
- U.S. Dept of Interior 1970 leased
- Universal Trading Corp. 28 APR 1972 bought
HC-AZT TAME Ecuador 27 FEB 1975 bought
PP-VNK Varig APR 1986 bought
- JAN 1992 stored at Porto Alegre
9Q-CDU Filair MAR 1994 bought, but never
delivered and stored at Calgary
C-GBKT Air Spray OCT 1997 bought
C-GFQA 30 NOV 1999 new registration
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AIRLINE PROFILE AIR SPRAY
Air Spray (1967) Ltd. is one of Canada's largest specialty air service
operators. The Company was formed in 1967 to provide aerial tanker and bird
dog services to the Alberta Government. The Company now owns and operates
over 35 aircraft, providing forest fire protection for the Alberta and
British Columbia governments. Air Spray currently has three active
Electra's and three more that are preparing for conversion. Two additional
L-188's are parts machines.
* Founded: 1967
* website: http://www.airspray.com
* 2nd airliner hull-loss occurrence for Air Spray.
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COUNTRY PROFILE CANADA
* Last (civilian) hull-loss accident: 23 APR 2003 Transwest Air
Beechcraft 99A at Prince Albert, SK - 0 fatalities
* Last fatal accident: 11 OCT 2001 Perimeter Airlines (Inland) Swearingen
SA.226TC Metro II at Shamattawa - 2 fatalities
* Total number of civil airliner hull-losses since 1945: 246 losses (118 of
which were fatal)
* Of the 246 losses, 225 airplanes were lost as a result of an accident, 13
as a result of other occurrences and 8 as a result of unknown occurrences.
* Canada is rated Category 1 (Does meet ICAO Standards) in FAA's
International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)
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2003 SO FAR
* Number of fatal hull-loss airliner accidents : 15 (safety rank since
1950: 2nd safest)
* Number of fatalities: 474 (safety rank since 1950: 18th safest)
(Coverage: fatal, multi engine civil airliner accidents)