- Date
- September 2, 2015, 13:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sept-Iles, Canada
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- C-GYBKBell 206B
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92097
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 2, 2015, about 1345 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Bell 206B, Canada Registry C-GYBK, impacted terrain about 19 miles north of Sept-iles, Quebec. Of the five occupants that were on board, the pilot sustained minor injuries, two passengers sustained serious injuries, and two passengers sustained fatal injuries. The investigation is being conducted under the authority of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Further information may be obtained from: TSB Canada 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Gastineau, Quebec Canada K1A 1K8
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GYBK
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1884
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Heli-Nord
- Registered owner
- Societe de Gestion Pragy Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal