Keystone Air Service Ltd. was an airline that served Manitoba, Canada, with charter services to anywhere in North America. Keystone had been flying since 1985 and provided air charter service to as far north as Alert, Nunavut. In 2015 merged into Wings over Kississing.
Fleet The Keystone Air Service fleet included: AircraftVariantCountPassengersBeechcraft Super King Air200312 (8 in executive)Piper PA-31Chieftain19Piper PA-31Navajo17Beechcraft Model 99B99114
Incidents and accidents
On 15 September 2015, a Piper PA-31 Navajo with two crew and six passengers crashed from Thompson, Manitoba airport shortly after takeoff. All eight people were transported to hospital. The crash was caused by the refueller mistakenly filling the plane with jet fuel, instead of the required avgas. In 2012, a Piper PA-31 carrying five passengers stalled on final approach and crashed near North Spirit Lake First Nation, Ontario due to adverse weather and icing conditions. The aircraft was destroyed and four passengers (including the pilot) were killed, while one passenger sustained serious injuries. In 2002, a Piper PA-31-350 ran out of fuel and crashed at an intersection in Winnipeg, Manitoba after a missed approach to Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport runway 36. All seven passengers and several occupants in a vehicle on the ground were injured in the crash, and one passenger subsequently died from injuries.
See also List of defunct airlines of Canada
References
External links
Keystone Air Service