Kangiqsualujjuaq – Kuujjuaq

On September 20, 2001 at 05:57 PM, Kangiqsualujjuaq – Kuujjuaq experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV, operated by Max Aviation - Canada, with the event recorded near Kuujjuaq (ex Fort Chimo) Quebec.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport was stable but slightly below the VASIS descent profile. Just before the flare when power was reduced to idle, the crew was surprised by how rapidly the aircraft decelerated. Touchdown on the runway was hard. After the engines were shut down at the terminal, the crew noted structural deformations around the nose wheel attachment point and on the wings, where the deformations caused fuel to leak. Runway 31 slopes upward 1.3%. The landing was made at twilight, and the runway environment appeared very dark to the crew due to the lack of reflection from the gravel surface.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GWSL, MSN AT-028, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.1128°, -68.3867°.