Canadian Skymaster down (Corner Brook, Newfoundland)

[Learjetter]

Canadian registered 337H model (SN 33701862) apparently on a marine mammal aerial survey mission descended into mountains in Newfoundland. 4 on board, 1 fatality reported.

Aviation Safety Network link:

“The Cessna 337H Super Skymaster crashed on the southern shore of the Bay of Islands in the Blow Me Down Mountains near Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. One occupant was killed, three were injured.

The plane was contracted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at the time.”

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/409426

[Mich3773]

Google translate:

C-GZWF, a Cessna 337H, operated by Sasair Inc., was on a visual flight rules flight from Deer Lake Airport, NL (CYDF) to Sydney-J.A. Douglas McCurdy, NS (CYQY) with 1 pilot and 3 female passengers on board. The aircraft took off from CYDF at about 13:30 behind a other company aircraft that was also heading to CYQY. After covering 37 miles southwest bound marine aircraft, C-GZWF changed its flight path to fly at low altitude in a valley. The aircraft collided with the rising terrain at the end of the valley. The aircraft was destroyed and no post-impact fires occurred. The emergency locator transmitter and the pilot of the second aircraft immediately contacted CYDF to report accident. The pilot and 2 passengers were seriously injured, and one passenger was fatally injured.