Incident
at QUÉBEC / JEAN LESAGE INTL QC (CYQB)
(Aerodrome, runway or taxiway shutdown)
UPDATE TSB #A13Q0182: C-GEYW, a Phoenix Aviation Cessna 150 with a student pilot on board, was on a VFR flight from Québec to a point 8 mi. past Rivière-du-Loup before returning, without stopping, to Québec. On the way back, about 45 minutes before Québec, the right tank was empty while the left was a quarter full. On short final for Runway 24, the pilot declared an engine failure and landed on the grass before the runway threshold. The aircraft was not damaged and the pilot was not injured. The aircraft was towed and the runway was returned to service at 2130Z. A maintenance team inspection revealed that there was no fuel in the tanks.
Update- Airport: Alarm indicating an aircraft was on the ground near Runway 24. On site, C-GEYW, a Cessna 152, was on the ground about 150 ft south of the localizer. The aircraft did not appear damaged. The pilot informed ARFF that the aircraft?s engine stopped upon landing and that he landed the aircraft in a field.
UPDATE JRCC Trenton Sarsum October 23 [T2013-02150]: 2054Z (464747N 0712360W - CYQB : Québec/Jean Lesage Intl). Montreal ACC reported a C-150 (C-GEYW) with 1 POB crashed short of runway 24 at CYQB (Quebec). Airport emergency services responded. Only minor damage to the aircraft noted, and no injuries reported. No response required from JRCC Trenton. Case closed.
While on short final for Runway 24 at Québec (CYQB), C-GEYW, an Indo-Canadian Academy Inc. Cessna 150M from Rivière-du-Loup (CYRI), reported an engine failure prior to landing on the grass just before the runway threshold. Emergency equipment was deployed. Impact: JZA8720 was diverted to Runway 29 and Runway 24 was not usable for landing from 2042Z to 2130Z.