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| Date: | Thursday 30 April 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing Vertol CH-113A Voyageur (CH-46A) |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) |
| Registration: | 11311 |
| MSN: | 4005 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bella Coola, Vancouver Island, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Was hoisting stranded hikers when an engine failed at high altitude causing crash at 5,000 ft level mountains. Actually, was hoisting SAR team not stranded hikers. Phil Young was the last of four to be hoisted and he did t have time to fasten his seatbelt before the helicopter dropped and he was thrown out.
Sources:
https://www.helis.com/database/accidents/?model=219
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 2001 | N186CH | Columbia Helicopters Inc | 3 | Emigrant, MT |  |
w/o |
| Cause undetermined | ||||||
Media:
(SAR) # 566 Flight Safety Investigation Report (FSIR) CH11311 Labrador “A” Category Accident, Cpl Phillip Young, SAR Technician, 30 Apr 1992, (Loss of Life) Crash of Rescue 311 in Bella Coola B.C. @RCAF_ARC @CASARA_National pic.twitter.com/JRwQzwpNPx
— Pat Hort (@Pathort1) April 30, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2011 07:31 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2011 07:37 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Apr-2013 17:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 30-Apr-2019 14:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Phase, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2021 07:57 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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