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TSB releases investigation report into near collision with terrain during an approach at Val-d’Or, Quebec

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Figure 2. Horizontal situation indicator on the occurrence aircraft (Source: TSB)

TSB releases investigation report into near collision with terrain during an approach at Val-d’Or, Quebec

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Figure 5. Piece 1 as found 200 m east of the occurrence location (Source: TSB)

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Near collision with terrain on final instrument approach Air Creebec Inc. Boeing of Canada Ltd. De Havilland Division DHC-8-106, C-FLSX Val-d’Or Airport (CYVO), Quebec


Pipeline rupture and fire NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. 36-inch Grande Prairie Mainline Near Edson, Alberta


Person overboard and loss of cargo Cargo vessel Sivumut Frobisher Bay, Nunavut


Employee injury Essex Terminal Railway Company Mile 8.5, Essex Terminal Railway Subdivision Windsor, Ontario


Main-track collision and derailment Canadian National Railway Company freight train X37631-20 and Réseau de transport métropolitain (exo) commuter train EXO 1212 Mile 135.89, CN St-Laurent Subdivision Montréal, Quebec


Engine failure and forced approach Privately registered Piper PA-28-140, C-FXGC Toronto/Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), Ontario, 4 NM NE 


Stall and collision with terrain Privately registered Morrisey (Shinn Engineering Inc.) 2150A (Varga), C-GFHZ Vermilion Aerodrome (CYVG), Alberta, 0.9 NM NW 


Loss of control at liftoff and overturn ETA Aviation et César Camp du Nord Inc. De Havilland DHC-2 MK. I (Beaver), C-FYNT Saint-Mathias Water Aerodrome (CSV9) (Quebec)


Collision with terrain Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. Cessna 172S, C-GHCC Chilliwack Airport (CYCW), British Columbia, 28 NM ESE 


Loss of life Cargo vessel Polar Prince and submersible Titan 372 NM SSE Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador