C-FCAS

On May 1, 1979 at 12:00 AM, C-FCAS experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Canadian Government, with the event recorded near Sherrington Quebec.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a regional flight on behalf of the Department of Transportation of Canada. While cruising at an altitude of 1,700 feet, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in a prairie located about 5 km northwest of Sherrington. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FCAS, MSN LJ-23, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.1981°, -73.4548°.