- Date
- December 16, 2009, 07:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Montreal, Canada, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C-GDSFRobinson R-44
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Transportaton Safety Board of Canada, Robinson Helicopter Company
- Case key
- 75416
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 December 16, 2009, at 0720 eastern standard time, a Robinson R-44, Canadian registered C-GDSF, executed an emergency landing near the Bonaventure Highway, in Montreal, Canada. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured, and the helicopter was substantially damaged. The helicopter was to provide highway traffic information to a local TV station when the pilot informed air traffic control that he was conducting an emergency landing on the helipad at Mel Studio. The helicopter struck the ground at a high rate of descent approximately 800 feet short of the helipad. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Canada. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 1901 Research Rd Bld U-100 Gloucester, Ontario
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GDSF
- Reported as
- Robinson R-44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 10750
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Groupe TVA Inc.
- Registered owner
- Groupe TVA Inc.
- Departed
- CYMX · Montreal
- Destination
- CYMX · Montreal
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- CYMX · Mirabel, Quebec
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 23, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 45 KB in all.