ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23052
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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1996 |
| Time: | 14:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Helicopters Limited Western Division |
| Registration: | C-FZSI |
| MSN: | 647 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mould Bay, 9 miles south, Northwest Territories -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Mould Bay Airport, Northwest Territories |
| near Mercy Bay, Northwest Territories | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Bell 206B helicopter, serial number 647, departed the Mould Bay Airport, Northwest Territories, at 0729 mountain standard time (MST) on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight to Sachs Harbour and Inuvik. The pilot was expected to meet a Twin Otter aircraft at an en route fuel cache located 140 statute miles south of Mould Bay, near Mercy Bay, at about 0900. The helicopter did not arrive at Mercy Bay, and, at approximately 1000, the Twin Otter flight crew began an air search along the direct track to Mould Bay. They located burned and scattered helicopter wreckage on sea ice approximately nine miles south of the Mould Bay weather station. A ground party was quickly dispatched from the weather station in a tracked snow vehicle. They reached the accident site at approximately 1500 and determined that the wreckage was that of the missing helicopter. The pilot had sustained fatal injuries.
The pilot lost control of the helicopter after continuing flight into whiteout weather conditions, probably because he became disoriented.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071006124047/http://www.tsb.gc.ca:80/en/reports/air/1996/a96w0072/a96w0072.asp
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 October 1993 | C-FZSI | 0 | Norman Wells | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jun-2018 12:17 | harro | Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2018 12:18 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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