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| Date: | Tuesday 7 August 1962 |
| Time: | 13:25 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-55 |
| Owner/operator: | Autair/Dept National Defence |
| Registration: | CF-JTA |
| MSN: | 55-774 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Emmeline Lake, Saskatchewan -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Lorando Lake, SK |
| Prince Albert, SK |
Emergency landing after an inflight fire, hit a sandbar flipping the helicopter over, the helicopter burned out.
Sources:
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1249396
https://books.google.nl/books?id=aWNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Emmeline+Lake&article_id=1936,3548489&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjypcmZveaKAxV4hf0HHaHzJVIQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=Emmeline%20Lake&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2025 16:43 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2025 16:43 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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