Terrace Bay – Thunder Bay

On January 1, 2004 at 12:00 AM, Terrace Bay – Thunder Bay experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 100 King Air, operated by Thunder Airlines, with the event recorded near Terrace Bay Ontario.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) 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. On take off roll on runway 25 at dusk, left wing struck a snowbank on left side of the runway. Aircraft veered off runway and came to rest in snow with its nose gear sheared off and several damages to the fuselage. Both pilots were uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GFKS, MSN B-247, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.7824°, -87.1024°.