The RCMP are investigating after a Cessna aircraft crashed southwest of Calgary on Sunday evening, killing the pilot.
According to police, they were called to the scene at about 5:46 p.m., to an area off Highway 22 near Chimney Rock Road, about 8 km south of Chain Lakes Provincial Park.
When they got there, they found the pilot had died on impact.
The name of the 37-year-old pilot won’t be released until next of kin are notified, but some information about him has been released.
The man was a pilot from Spruce Grove, Alberta who worked for Edmonton-based Alta Flights Charters. A company manager confirms the plane was a Cessna 172 on patrol monitoring pipelines in the area.
Investigators say the pilot took off from the Edmonton area, and his plane was pointed north when it crashed.
It reportedly skidded for a distance and crashed into a creek embankment. Pieces of the plane sit strewn across a local rancher’s field.
The Transportation Safety Board is now assisting RCMP with the investigation.
According to police, they were called to the scene at about 5:46 p.m., to an area off Highway 22 near Chimney Rock Road, about 8 km south of Chain Lakes Provincial Park.
When they got there, they found the pilot had died on impact.
The name of the 37-year-old pilot won’t be released until next of kin are notified, but some information about him has been released.
The man was a pilot from Spruce Grove, Alberta who worked for Edmonton-based Alta Flights Charters. A company manager confirms the plane was a Cessna 172 on patrol monitoring pipelines in the area.
Investigators say the pilot took off from the Edmonton area, and his plane was pointed north when it crashed.
It reportedly skidded for a distance and crashed into a creek embankment. Pieces of the plane sit strewn across a local rancher’s field.
The Transportation Safety Board is now assisting RCMP with the investigation.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cessna-172M/0647011/L/&sid=789ff2143d2c9b097a4782c20c1da53c
Endearingly known as the "pumpkins", these brightly colored orange planes are out flying every day patrolling pipelines across Western Canada. The Cessna 172s are not for charter and are strictly outfitted for pipeline patrol and powerline surveillance.
C-GRGW (1975) Cessna 172M Alta Flights Ltd. http://www.altaflights.com/pipeline_patrol.html
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