Helicopter down Slave Lake

bigpinky · Post by **bigpinky** » Fri May 20, 2011 4:42 pm

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sto ... -lake.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le2030608/

RIP

bizjets101 · Post by **bizjets101** » Fri May 20, 2011 5:41 pm

Global Winnipeg story and photos.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Fri May 20, 2011 7:34 pm

Oh, brutal. I feel sick. Anyone know the pilot's initials?

My most sincere condolences.

bizjets101 · Post by **bizjets101** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:43 pm

Pilot reported as 54 year old Montrealer Jean-Luc Deba, and helicopter reported as 1975 Bell 212 C-FJUR

airliners.net

CADORS 2011C1660

C-FJUR, a Bell 212 operated by Campbell Helicopters, was bucketing water in firefighting activities when it crashed into Slave Lake about 10 miles northwest of the community of Slave Lake. Emergency services attended the site and pulled the pilot out of the wreckage which was in about four feet of water. The pilot received fatal injuries in the accident. TSB Edmonton sent two investigators to the scene. A Minister's Observer has been appointed to assist in the TSB Class 3 investigation.

ArcticKat · Post by **ArcticKat** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:50 am

Just some info I heard today from another helo pilot who was working the same area. He told me that this crash was caused because the pilot caught his sling load in the trees along the shore when he was retrievng water. Although he was a high hour pilot he did not have many carrying a sling.

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