Rivière-au-Saumon - Quebec City

On November 29, 1991 at 12:00 AM, Rivière-au-Saumon - Quebec City experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Air Creebec, with the event recorded near Rivière-au-Saumon Quebec.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

35 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 35 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 32, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During the takeoff roll at Rivière-au-Saumon Airport, the right engine caught fire and exploded. The crew abandoned the takeoff procedure and completed an emergency braking maneuver. All 35 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GGOO, MSN 1692, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.4894°, -71.2561°.