Grande Prairie – Fort Vermilion

On July 13, 2004 at 01:00 AM, Grande Prairie – Fort Vermilion experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 100 King Air, operated by Little Red Air Service, with the event recorded near Fort Vermilion Alberta.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Crew twin engine aircraft was performing an ambulance flight from Grande Prairie to his base in Fort Vermilion with one patient, one doctor, one accompanist and two pilots on board. On final approach, the aircraft was too high and eventually landed hard. Upon touchdown, the right main gear collapsed and the aircraft veered off runway to the right and and came to rest. All five occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FQOV, MSN B-38, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.3882°, -116.0174°.