ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189825
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| Date: | Sunday 4 September 2016 |
| Time: | 15:47 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-GVJT |
| MSN: | 3492 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Restigouche River, Flatlands, W of Campbellton, NB -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Charlo Airport, New Brunswick |
| Rivière-du-Loup Airport, Quebec | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 04 September 2016, the privately operated Bell 206B helicopter departed Charlo Airport, New Brunswick, for a daytime visual flight rules flight to Rivière-du-Loup Airport, Quebec, with a pilot and 2 passengers on board. At 15:47 Atlantic Daylight Time, while flying along the Restigouche River, the helicopter collided with and severed power transmission lines about 40 km west of Charlo Airport, causing catastrophic damage to the helicopter. It then fell into the river approximately 150 feet upstream of the power transmission lines. The pilot and front-seat passenger received fatal injuries. The rear seat passenger survived the accident and was helped to shore by witnesses. A small amount of fuel was released. There was no post-impact fire. The search and rescue satellite system did not receive a signal from the emergency locator transmitter.
Findings as to causes and contributing factors:
1. The helicopter flew at 58 feet above the Restigouche River.
2. The low altitude and the speed at which the helicopter was flown made obstacles, such as unmarked power transmission line cables, difficult to see and avoid.
3. It is likely that the pilot was unaware of the power transmission lines spanning the river.
4. The tall trees on either side of the river would likely have hindered the pilot's ability to discern the towers on either shore, which could have alerted him to the presence of the power transmission line cables.
5. The pilot did not see the power transmission line cables before the helicopter struck them.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2016/09/04/two-people-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-northern-new-brunswick/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/2-killed-helicopter-crash-campbellton-1.3748248
https://globalnews.ca/news/2920895/helicopter-crash-in-new-brunswick-leaves-two-people-dead/
Media:
Residents along the Restigouche River tell @CTVAtlantic prior to the helicopter crash, they saw it flying very low pic.twitter.com/zYnej9C1Sa
— Matt Woodman (@MattWoodmanCTV) 5 September 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2016 06:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Sep-2016 07:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2016 09:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2016 07:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Mar-2018 18:35 | Anon. | Updated [Damage] |
| 13-Mar-2018 18:38 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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