- Date
- January 9, 2025, 12:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- C-GQBEBombardier Inc., Canadair CL-215-6B11UnknownUnknown Unknown
- Defining events
- Other: Security/criminal eventEnroute: Midair collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 199536
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Probable cause
The NTSB did not determine the probable cause of this event and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Bombardier Inc., Canadair CL-215-6B11
Unknown Unknown
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.
Bombardier Inc., Canadair CL-215-6B11
Unknown Unknown
Analysis
The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The NTSB does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- C-GQBE
- Reported as
- Bombardier Inc., Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2017
- Built
- 1994
- Airframe hours
- 4,688.1
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PW123-AF, 2,500 horsepower, turbo propPratt & Whitney PW123-AF, 2,500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Firefighting · Public use
- Operator
- Gouvernement du Québec, Service aérien gouvernemental
- Registered owner
- Gouvernement du Québec, Service aérien gouvernemental
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 12, 2024 · 19 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
- Registration
- Unknown
- Reported as
- Unknown Unknown
- Category
- Unknown, unmanned
- Serial number
- Unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operator
- Unknown
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft 1
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 29, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 5,865 total · 893 in this make and model · 4,531 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft 1
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 31, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 10,303 total · 9,984 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KVNY
- METAR
- KVNY 091951Z 20004KT 5SM HZ FU CLR 21/M12 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP186 T02061117