ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23469
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| Date: | Monday 20 October 1997 |
| Time: | 20:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-2 JetRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Yellowhead Helicopters |
| Registration: | C-GWXJ |
| MSN: | 1791 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gordondale, Alberta 8 nm SW -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Alberta Department of Environmental Protection, Lands and Forests division, chartered the Bell 206B helicopter to conduct aerial timber management inspections. In the morning, cut blocks south of Grande Prairie, Alberta, were inspected, and areas northwest of Grande Prairie were being inspected in the afternoon. The afternoon flight reported airborne from Grande Prairie at 1338 mountain daylight time (MDT), and there was no further radio contact. Beginning at 1455, several attempts were made to establish radio contact with the helicopter, but there was no response. A local search helicopter, with three forestry officers on board, was dispatched at 1545, and, at 1700, they reported that they had spotted the missing helicopter. As a precautionary measure, a second helicopter was dispatched with a forestry officer and two paramedics on board to provide medical aid, if required.
The helicopter crashed approximately 52 miles northwest of Grande Prairie, in the vicinity of the cut blocks that were being inspected. The helicopter descended into the trees in a steep right-bank and steep nose-down attitude. The helicopter was destroyed by the impact and by the post-impact fire. The pilot and the two forestry officers sustained fatal injuries.
The cause of the loss of control of the helicopter that led to a steep right-bank and nose-down descent to the ground could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1997C0742
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1997/a97w0227/a97w0227.asp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Apr-2009 16:08 | nitroglycol | Updated |
| 13-Apr-2009 16:08 | nitroglycol | Updated |
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