On August 23, 2015, a Beaver float plane, carrying a pilot and five passengers, took off from the waters of Lake Long, near Tadoussac, Quebec. The sun was shining, the skies were clear and the winds were light. In short, it was a perfect day for a 20-minute sightseeing flight.
Investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex – an accident is never caused by just one factor. The August 2015 accident near Tadoussac, Quebec, was no exception. Many factors caused this accident, the details of which are contained in the four findings as to causes and contributing factors. Furthermore, there were seven findings as to risk as well as four other findings.
On 13 April 2015, Carson Air Ltd. flight 66, a Swearingen SA226-TC Metro, departed Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, with two pilots on board for a flight to Prince George, British Columbia. At 07:09 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), approximately six minutes after leaving Vancouver, the aircraft disappeared from air traffic control radar.
Investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex – an accident is never caused by just one factor. The April 2015 accident near Vancouver, British Columbia, was no exception. The investigation findings are as follows:
Investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex – an accident is never caused by just one factor. The March 2015 accident at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, was no exception. There were many factors that caused this accident, the details of which are contained in the 14 findings as to causes and contributing factors.
This safety issue investigation (SII) highlights what types of unsafe practices have been happening for years and continue to happen: from flying overweight to flying in marginal weather to flying with minimal fuel reserves. Deviations from standard operating procedures, company policy, regulations, or safe practices can result in outcomes similar to those that have contributed to numerous accidents and incidents over the years.
The TSB has 22 active recommendations that, if addressed, could mitigate the persistent safety deficiencies associated with air-taxi operations including the two main underlying factors contributing to accidents in this sector:
The investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex, and it is never just one factor that causes an accident. The May 2013 helicopter accident in Moosonee, Ontario, was no exception. There were many factors that caused this accident, the details of which are contained in the 12 findings as to causes and contributing factors. Furthermore, there were 17 additional findings as to risk as well as 4 other findings.
