A little over two hours later, at 1230 Atlantic Daylight Time, the aircraft collided with terrain in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, about 1.4 nmi (2.6 km) short of the threshold of runway 07.

[8] According to the preliminary observations found by the investigators, the aircraft was in a slightly left-wing-low-and-nose-high attitude on impact.

[7] The wreckage was removed from the crash site and transported to the TSB's laboratory in Ottawa on April 6.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board sent a representative to the American-built plane's crash site.

[7] On 10 January 2018, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released their final report in which they stated that the accident was caused by the pilot's inability to maintain a stable landing approach.

[9] The victims include the two pilots, Captain Pascal Gosselin and co-pilot Fabrice Labourel.