- Date
- September 9, 2013, 18:45 local (Sep 10, 2013, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- McClure Strait, Canada
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- C-GCFUMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BO 105-S
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88033
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 9, 2013, about 1845 Mountain standard time, a Canadian Coast Guard Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) BO105-S helicopter, Canadian registration C-GCFU, crashed into ocean waters near McClure Strait, Canada. The three crew members on board were fatally injured.The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is investigating the accident. As the State of Manufacture of the engines, the NTSB has designated a U.S. accredited representative to assist the TSB in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the TSB of Canada: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GCFU
- Reported as
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BO 105-S
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S-727
- Engine
- Allsion/Rolls Royce C20B, 425 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Government Of Canada, Department Of Transport
- Registered owner
- Government Of Canada, Department Of Transport