- Date
- January 22, 2020, 19:13 local (Jan 23, 2020, 01:13 UTC)
- Place
- Lac Saint-Jean, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- C-GSQABell 206
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Rolls-Royce Corporation, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Case key
- 100935
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Canada has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 206 helicopter that occurred on January 22, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Canada's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Canada.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GSQA
- Reported as
- Bell 206 (L4T)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 52060
- Engines
- Rolls-Royce M250-C20R, turbo shaftRolls-Royce M250-C20R, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Gouvernement Du Québec, Service Aérien
- Registered owner
- Gouvernement Du Québec, Service Aérien
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CYTF · Alma
- Destination
- CYLQ · La Tuque
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day