| Date: | Saturday 29 October 2005 |
| Time: | 17:25 UTC |
| Type: | Robinson R44 Raven II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-FOMI |
| MSN: | 10869 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lac Sacacomi, Quebec -
Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lac Sacacomi, Quebec |
| Destination airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The R-44, a private helicopter registered , crashed shortly after takeoff from the helipad situated on Lac Sacacomi. The aircraft caught fire, and the pilot, the only occupant on board, died in the crash.
NOTE: At least TWO Robinson R44 Raven IIs have been registered C-FOMI. The other was c/no 10740, ex-N5012P. The one that crashed, as above, was c/no 10869, the SECOND Robinson R44 to be regsitered C-FOMI, which was registered 08/09/2005, crashed 29/10/2005, and the registration was cancelled as "aircraft destroyed by fire" on 05/06/2008
Sources:
2005Q1889
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.rotorspot.nl/c-1.htm]
http://web.archive.org/web/20161016191618/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/menu/drop-index.h]tml
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/C-FOMI.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 21-Jan-2012 15:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |