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Date: | Wednesday 11 March 1959 |
Time: | c. 15:00 LT |
Type: | Bell 47G-2 |
Owner/operator: | Spartan Air Services |
Registration: | CF-ICP |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 30 mi NW of Fort Nelson, BC -
Canada
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Missing. Found crashed 13 March.
No structural or mechanical failure found. Suspected carburetor icing.
Accident appears to be a result of loss of rotor speed during an autorotation
Sources:
Quebec Chronical-Telegraph 14 March 1959, p8
Ottawa Citizen 13 March 1959, p7
The Calgary Herald 13 March 1959, p18
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Dec-2017 13:47 |
TB |
Added |
25-Dec-2017 17:27 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
13-Jan-2018 10:26 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
16-Nov-2018 20:50 |
twinotterpilot |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |