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Accident occurred Saturday, November 17, 2012 in La Crete, Canada
Aircraft: PIPER PA46, registration: C-GWEI
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
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On November 17, 2012, about 1650 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-46-500TP airplane, (Canadian Registration C-GWEI) was on a VFR flight plan from High Level, Alberta to LaCrete, Alberta, Canada. The airplane crashed during an instrument approach to the La Crete Airport. The solo pilot sustained fatal injuries.
The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Canadian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
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Emergency services attend to a plane crash near La Crete, Alta., early Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Separate plane crashes on the Prairies have claimed two lives, while efforts continue to get a number of people who were aboard one of the planes to safety. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - RCMPEDMONTON - A 52-year-old man is dead after a small plane crashed Saturday in northern Alberta. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., received an emergency beacon signal around 6:10 p.m. from a plane between La Crete and High Level, RCMP said Sunday in a release.
Firefighters from La Crete found the crash scene a few kilometres northeast of the La Crete airport. RCMP from Fort Vermilion and High Level also responded.
The Piper Meridian turboprop plane flew into cloud cover and heavy fog, which reduced visibility to 100 metres, RCMP said.
The pilot died in the crash. His name is not being released at this time, RCMP said.
There were no other occupants.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada, an independent agency that examines all civil air incidents, will send two investigators to the scene Monday, spokesman Chris Krepski said Sunday.
The plane was en route from High Level and attempting to land at La Crete when it crashed, Krepski said. The plane wasn’t required to carry a voice recorder, he said.
RCMP will secure the scene until the TSB investigators arrive to assess the damage, Krepski added.
“At that stage of an occurrence, it’s about going and gathering information to determine what we do next.”
RCMP may release further information later Sunday.
La Crete is a hamlet about 670 kilometres north of Edmonton.
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SNOW LAKE, Man. - Separate plane crashes on the Prairies claimed two lives on Sunday, while efforts continued to get a number of people who were aboard one of the planes to safety.
Authorities said a Cessna 208 Caravan went down just after 10 a.m. in a remote area about 10 kilometres east of the airport in Snow Lake, Man., about 700 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
Police said early reports were that one person had died in that crash and that seven others were injured, some seriously.
Rescue crews have been using snowmobiles to reach the scene but police say efforts to get the injured people has been difficult.
Police say aircraft that would normally help in a rescue aren't able to land at the Snow Lake airport due to low ceiling, and they say the crash site is in a bush area.
However, police say they have managed to get all those who were injured to the medical centre in Snow Lake.
"We have a local hospital here but people with serious injuries would need to be medivaced out," Snow Lake's mayor, Clarence Fisher, explained on Sunday afternoon.
"The weather here is beginning to clear but then we're running into the problem that it will be dark here in about an hour," Fisher added.
RCMP say that a 911 call was made from a passenger shortly after the crash stating that a plane had gone down near the community.
Fisher said the plane was operated by a local charter company, Gogal Air Service. He said he wasn't able to provide any details about who was on board.
A separate crash in northern Alberta on Saturday evening, meanwhile, killed a 52-year-old man who police say was the pilot and lone occupant of the aircraft.
They say the single-engine turboprop entered an area between La Crete and High Level where visibility was reduced to less that 100 metres due to low cloud cover and heavy fog.
RCMP say an emergency beacon was detected by the Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., which notified police.
Authorities found the crashed plane a few kilometres northeast of the La Crete airport, about 670 kilometres north of Edmonton.
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On Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 1810 hrs the Fort Vermilion and High Level RCMP were notified by the Rescue Co-Ordination Centre in Trenton, Ontario of an Emergency Beacon Activation on a plane Between La Crete and High Level, Alberta.
The Turbo Prop PA-46-500TP plane with the pilot as the lone occupant, was flying between High Level and La Crete when the plane flew into poor visibility due to cloud cover and heavy fog, which reduced visibility to 100 meters.
RCMP were notified, by La Crete Fire and Rescue, the plane crash site had been located a few kilometers Northeast of the La Crete Airport.
The pilot of the plane, a 52 year old male, died in the plane crash. The name of the male is not being released at this time.
Source: http://lacreteonline.com
La Crete, Alberta
2012-11-18
On Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 1810 hrs the Fort Vermilion and High Level RCMP were notified by the Rescue Co-Ordination Centre in Trenton, Ontario of an Emergency Beacon Activation on a plane Between La Crete and High Level, Alberta. The single Turbo Prop PA-46-500TP plane with the pilot as the lone occupant, was flying between High Level and La Crete when the plane flew into poor visibility due to cloud cover and heavy fog, which reduced visibility to 100 meters.
RCMP were notified, by La Crete Fire and Rescue, the plane crash site had been located a few kilometers Northeast of the La Crete Airport.
The pilot of the plane, a 52 year old male, died in the plane crash. The name of the male is not being released at this time.The Medical Examiner will be examining the deceased on Monday.
RCMP and Transport Canada are still investigating this incident. Preliminary Information suggests this incident is not suspicious or criminal in nature.
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A 52-year-old man is dead after a small plane crash in Northern Alberta.
According to RCMP, an emergency beacon was activated between La Crete and High Prairie a little after 6pm Saturday.
When emergency crews went to investigate, they found the wreckage of a single-prop plane a few kilometres northeast of the La Crete airport.
The name of the man killed isn't being released as of yet.
The RCMP and Transport Canada are investigating. Right now it's believed that heavy fog and cloud cover reduced visibility, which may have contributed to the crash.
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