# NTSB ANC16WA002: Bell 206B, Asquinth, Canada, October 28, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 27, 2015, 20:43 local (Oct 28, 2015, 01:43 UTC)
- Place: Asquinth, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92251
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC16WA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92251/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92251
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16WA002

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 27, 2015, about 2043 central daylight time, a Bell 206B helicopter, C-GIFY, impacted terrain near Asquinth, Saskatchewan, Canada, under unknown circumstances. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is investigating the accident. As the State of Manufacture of the engine, 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-GIFY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2008
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 10, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92251. 34 KB in all.

- Foreign Notification (item 1, .PDF, 34 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40433729&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Notification-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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