# NTSB CEN15WA435: Bell 206B, Sept-Iles, Canada, September 2, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 2, 2015, 13:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Sept-Iles, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92097
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA435
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92097/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA435

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 100 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1884
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Heli-Nord
- Registered owner: Societe de Gestion Pragy Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

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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