- Date
- May 22, 2015, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cold Lake, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- C-FDHVAir Tractor AT802-A
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91236
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On May 22, 2015, at 1630 mountain daylight time, a Canadian registered Air Tractor, AT-802A airplane, C-FDHV, operated by the Conair Group Inc., was destroyed when it collided with terrain under unknown circumstances during firefighting operations near Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Canadian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: CANADA Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Tel.: (1) 819-994-4252 (1) 819-997-7887 (24 hour) E-mail: airops@tsb.gc.ca Fax: (1) 819-953-9586 Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FDHV
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT802-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 802A-0348
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Conair Group
- Registered owner
- Conair Group
- Departed
- CYLB · Lac la Biche