By Bre McAdam

Right engine broke down in Saskatoon plane crash: investigator

Jun 3, 2011 | 12:19 PM

The Transportation Safety Board has confirmed the right engine of a plane that crashed in Saskatoon two months ago broke down.

A man from Ontario, 47-year-old Laroslav Gorokhovski, was killed when the twin-engine geological surveying plane went down at 51st Street and Warman Road near the Extra Foods grocery store.

Two other were injured—a 42-year-old pilot and a 57-year-old co-pilot in the Apr. 1 crash.

Regional Manager Peter Hildebrand said they can't completely rule out human error but there hasn’t been any evidence that points to it.

“We haven’t found that there were any actions so far on the part of the pilot that we’re looking at as contributory to this thing.”

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Hildebrand said investigators are working to find out when the right engine broke down. They haven't found anything wrong with the left engine after it was analyzed in Arizona.

Hildebrand notes they still have to look at other parts of the aircraft, like the electrical and fuel systems, which are connected to the left engine.

He said it could take up to a year to complete the investigation.

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