Aéropro Flight 201
Aeropro Beechcraft A100 King Air · Engine failure leading to pilot error
From Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) to Natashquan Airport (YNA)
Event
- NTSB case
- CEN10RA337
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Final · TSB final report, 15 Aug 2012
- Event fatalities
- 7 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- Occupants
- 7
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0 serious · 0 minor (NTSB)
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Beechcraft A100 King Air
- Flight
- APO201
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft 100
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- C-FGIN
- Operator
- Aeropro
- Onboard fatalities
- 7
- Route
- From Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)To Natashquan Airport (YNA)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Not recorded
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Not recorded
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Aircraft › Aircraft power plant
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Personnel issues › Miscellaneous
- Personnel issues › Psychological
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
- Organizational issues › Management
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 23 June 2010, a Beechcraft A100 King Air operating as Aéropro Flight 201, a regional flight in Quebec, Canada, from Quebec City Airport to Natashquan Airport, with a stopover in Sept-Îles Airport, crashed shortly after takeoff from Quebec City Airport, killing all seven people on board.
The investigation on the accident found out that engine problems, and the errors made by the pilots in handling them, were the cause of the crash.
Accident
The aircraft was scheduled to fly from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec, to Natashquan Airport, Quebec, with an intermediate stopover in Sept-Îles Airport, Quebec.
At 5:59 local time the aircraft departed Quebec City with five passengers and two pilots on board, on takeoff the aircraft rotated at a speed of 100 knots and reached a maximum speed of 121 knots. Six seconds after lifting off, when the aircraft was still flying over the runway, its speed decreased to 115 knots and in the following seconds the aircraft speed continued to decrease, while the plane turned right and reached its maximum altitude of around 79 meters. Soon after the crew contacted the departure air traffic control and informed them that they'll be diverting back to Quebec City due to an engine issue; landing priority was given to Flight 201 and emergency services were alerted.
Soon after the first officer reported to ATC that they lost control of the aircraft, Flight 201 disappeared from radar and, ten seconds after this last communication, crashed into a field located about 3 kilometers from the airport. All seven people on board the aircraft were killed.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada launched an investigation into the accident. The investigation found that a poor safety culture was practiced by the airline Aeropro. The issues encountered by the pilots during flight were not written down, but only told by them to the maintenance team, that would then occasionally go to repair them. Also, the pilots hadn't been trained enough in emergency procedures.
In the final report on the accident, that was released in July 2012, the investigators found out that, shortly after takeoff, the aircraft had a problem to its right engine that resulted in a loss of thrust. The pilots, who were following the procedures told to them by the airline, were not coordinated enough and didn't understand the severity of the situation. This lack of coordination made them forget to feather the problematic engine, and this, combined with the reduced thrust, caused an excess of drag and the subsequent loss of control. It was also pointed out that the impact with a berm and the upside down position in which the aircraft ended up, exacerbated the effects of the crash and prevented any occcupant from surviving.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Aéropro Flight 201” (revision 1364275206, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article
NTSB narrative
On June 23, 2010, approximately 0558 eastern daylight time, a Canadian-registered Hawker Beechcraft Corp. A100 multiengine airplane, C-FGIN, operated by Aeropro as Aeropro flight 20, was destroyed when it collided with terrain after takeoff from runway 30 (5,700 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport , near Québec City, Québec, Canada. A postimpact ground fire occurred. A pilot reported that there was a problem with the right engine and that the airplane could not climb. The two pilots and five passengers sustained fatal injuries. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was destined for the Sept-Îles Airport, near Sept-Îles, Québec, Canada.
The investigation of this accident is under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Further information pertaining to this accident can be obtained from:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Gatineau, Québec, Canada J8X 4B7
This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Government of Canada.
Verbatim NTSB factual narrative from the NTSB dataset
Sources
Wikipedia article: Aéropro Flight 201
- Article
- Aéropro Flight 201
- Revision
- 1364275206 · 2026-07-15 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q137739546
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record CEN10RA337
- Event ID
- 20100623X20145
- Case number
- CEN10RA337
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aéropro Flight 201" (page 81956072, revision 1364275206); merged with NTSB case CEN10RA337 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date; matches the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) final report
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record CEN10RA337
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities; matches the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) final report
- Ground fatalities
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) final report
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (3)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "Aéropro Flight 201" and NTSB case CEN10RA337, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.
- Checked against the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) final report (2012-08-15) on 2026-09-18. The report states the same date, flight number, fatalities, registration, operator, departure, destination and damage. Taken from the report: ground fatalities. Not checked: place, crash-site coordinates, aircraft type and type of operation.