- Date
- July 26, 1969
- Place
- Hope, Canada · HOPE,BC,CAN, CD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CF-VEQSchweizer SGS126N1335XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157806
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0087 69/7/26 HOPE,BC,CAN BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1250 TIME - 1507 N1335X PX- 1 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-FOREIGN GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT VISION OF GLIDER OBSCRD BY MTN UNTIL IMPACT.HIT CF-VEQ,GLIDER DSTRYD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0087 69/7/26 HOPE,BC,CAN SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1507 CF-VEQ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 29, 51 TOTAL HOURS, ALL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-FOREIGN GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PLT VISION OF HELO OBSCRD BY MTN UNTIL IMPACT.HIT N1335X,HELO DSTRYD.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- CF-VEQ
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Registration
- N1335X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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