ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75967
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| Date: | Friday 23 July 2010 |
| Time: | 17:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Essential Helicopters (1791559 Ontario Inc.) |
| Registration: | C-GCHB |
| MSN: | 1226 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | c 200km S of Timmins, ON, between Elk Lake and Gowganda -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | North Bay, ON, CYYB |
| Kapuskasing, ON, CYYU | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft was on a VFR flight from North Bay (Jack Garland) Airport(CYYB) to Kapuskasing Airport(CYYU).
The helicopter hit a communications tower before it crashed to the ground near Elk Lake in Ontario. The aircraft was destroyed and the two occupants were fatally injured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100731105424/http://www.cbc.ca:80/canada/north/story/2010/07/26/north-helicopter-crash.html?=
http://web.archive.org/web/20100727034551/http://www.cbc.ca:80/canada/story/2010/07/23/helicopter-crash.html
CADORS Number 201001834
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/9/7/1407794.jpg (photo)
http://flightcomment.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-2-eng.pdf (p22)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2010 01:04 | peterj | Added |
| 31-Jul-2010 14:30 | peterj | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2010 14:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 02-Jan-2019 08:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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