# NTSB CEN11WA554: Sikorsky S92, St. John's, Canada, July 23, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 23, 2011, 17:22 local (17:22 UTC)
- Place: St. John's, Canada
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81425
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11WA554
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81425/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81425
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11WA554

## Factual narrative

On July 23, 2011, about 1722 UTC, a Sikorsky S92/A helicopter, Canadian registry C-GQCH, operated by Cougar Helicopters, was departing from the Sea Rose Platform located about 200 nautical miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland, when an incident occurred. Shortly after takeoff, the helicopter entered a nose-high attitude with low power setting and lost altitude while in instrument meteorological conditions. The flight crew arrested the descent and continued on to St. John's. There were two pilots and 5 passengers on board the helicopter and no one was injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada. Any further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4B7 This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Canada.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GQCH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S92 (A)
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Cougar Helicopters
- Registered owner: Cougar Helicopters
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81425. 10 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Investigation Authority (item 1, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40352110&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Investigation%20Authority-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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