# NTSB WPR10WA148: Robinson R-44, Montreal, Canada, Canada, December 16, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 16, 2009, 07:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Montreal, Canada, Canada
- Coordinates: 45.483333, -74.533332 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4833&lon=-74.5333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportaton Safety Board of Canada, Robinson Helicopter Company
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75416
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10WA148
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75416/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75416
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10WA148

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 23, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75416. 45 KB in all.

- DMS Docket Item (item 1, .PDF, 45 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327412&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=DMS%20Docket%20Item-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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