ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221542
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| Date: | Thursday 13 December 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell CH-146 Griffon (412) |
| Owner/operator: | 417 Combat Support Sqn CAF |
| Registration: | 146477 |
| MSN: | 46477 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), AB -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cold Lake, AB |
| Cold Lake, AB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A main rotor blade struck a communication tower while flying in the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR) at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta. No one was hurt, but the helicopter’s blade and transmission were damaged. the aircraft was recovered in Jan 2019 under slung a Chinook.
Sources:
https://www.mylakelandnow.com/18283/helicopter-at-4-wing-involved-in-incident-rcaf/
https://canmnews.ca/2019/01/chinook-retrieves-damaged-griffon-from-remote-training-area/
https://www.verticalmag.com/news/chinook-retrieves-damaged-griffon-from-remote-training-area/
Media:
On December 13, 2018, a CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 4 Wing Cold Lake was conducting a routine mission and experienced an incident while landing on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range. Our focus right now is to return our personnel to the Wing for evaluation of their well-being. pic.twitter.com/XGqEHPgjLn
— RCAF (@RCAF_ARC) December 13, 2018
Several options for recovering the Griffon, which is from 417 Combat Support Squadron in Cold Lake, were considered. https://t.co/2HTujBVaAP
— CMN Canadian Military News (@CanMNews) January 29, 2019
Chinook retrieves damaged Griffon from remote training area - Vertical Magazine https://t.co/IyGNTXvIj1
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) February 4, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2019 21:35 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 11-Feb-2020 21:00 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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