# NTSB WPR25LA077: Bombardier Inc., Canadair CL-215-6B11, Los Angeles, CA, January 9, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: January 9, 2025, 12:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 34.209806, -118.48997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Other: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350); [Enroute: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199536
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199536/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA077

## Probable cause (aircraft 1)

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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)
- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Other: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

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 1

- Registration: C-GQBE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bombardier Inc., Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2017
- Year built: 1994
- Airframe hours: 4688.1
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PW123-AF 2500 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt & Whitney PW123-AF 2500 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

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: Unknown (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Unknown Unknown
- Category: Unknown, unmanned
- Serial number: Unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft 1; age 54; injuries: none; 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
- Pilot, aircraft 1; age 42; injuries: none; 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

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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