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Date: | Friday 14 August 2009 |
Time: | 16:30 |
Type: | Bell 212 |
Owner/operator: | Elbow River Helicopters |
Registration: | C-GTKE |
MSN: | 30704 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Engine model: | PWC PT6T-3 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Lytton, BC -
Canada
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Fire fighting |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Elbow River Helicopters Bell 212 helicopter was engaged in firefighting operations about 20 nm south of Lillooet, British Columbia. At approximately 1602 Pacific daylight time, the accident helicopter approached the Fraser River to pick up water. Shortly before reaching the pickup location, the helicopter descended unexpectedly and its water bucket, on a 150-foot longline, touched down in a fast flowing section of the river. As the helicopter continued forward, it was dragging the water bucket. Moments later, the helicopter pitched nose-down, yawed to the left, struck the river surface, broke up, and sank. The pilot escaped the wreckage and was swimming in the fast flowing water. Repeated attempts to rescue the pilot by other helicopters in the area proved unsuccessful. The pilot's body was found downstream five days later. Some pieces of the wreckage, including the longline and water bucket, were retrieved, but the majority of the wreckage was not recovered.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | A09P0249 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2009/a09p0249/a09p0249.asp [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090814_203652_9728]
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/helicopter-crashes-fighting-bc-forest-fires/article1253051/
http://web.archive.org/web/20090818140327/http://www.cbc.ca:80/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/08/14/bc-helicopter-crash-lillooet.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Aug-2009 22:47 |
onward |
Added |
16-Aug-2009 11:36 |
onward |
Updated |
17-Aug-2009 20:55 |
onward |
Updated |
09-Sep-2009 05:42 |
RobertMB |
Updated |
11-Apr-2010 11:28 |
onward |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
21-Oct-2010 13:33 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |