# NTSB CEN09WA506: Enstrom F28, Mont Laurier, Canada, August 5, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 5, 2009, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Mont Laurier, Canada
- Coordinates: 46.564445, -75.577774 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5644&lon=-75.5778&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74482
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA506
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74482/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA506

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 5, 2009, at 1000 eastern daylight time, an Enstrom F28C helicopter, Canadian registered C-GVQQ, registered to a private individual and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted wires and terrain near Mont-Laurier Airport (CSD4), Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The accident flight originated from CSD4. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian government. 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: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Air Investigations Branch Gatineau, Quebec Canada

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GVQQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F28 (C)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 387
- Engines: Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Private
- Registered owner: Private
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CSD4, Mont Laurier
- Destination: CSD4, Mont Laurier
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: CSD4, Mont Laurier, Quebec, Canada

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: CYND

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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