In-flight Breakup, Kootenay Valley Helicopters Ltd., Robinson R44 Astro (Helicopter) C-FKAJ, Creston, British Columbia, 8.5 nm NW, 22 July 2009 .: TU3-5/09-0210E-PDF

"The Robinson R44 Astro helicopter (registration C-FKAJ, serial number 0324) took off from the Kootenay Valley Helicopters Ltd. heliport near Creston, British Columbia, at about 1245 Pacific Daylight Time with only the student pilot on board. The helicopter was on a daylight visual flight rules flight in visual meteorological conditions in the local training area, practicing flight manoeuvres. At about 1400, while flying over level marshland, the helicopter experienced an in-flight breakup. The helicopter struck the ground about 8.5 nautical miles northwest of Creston, at an elevation of 2100 feet above sea level. The bulk of the fuselage fell into the Kootenay River, leaving a wreckage path of several hundred metres. The student pilot was fatally injured and the helicopter was destroyed by in-flight and ground impact forces. There was no fire. The emergency locator transmitter was functioning when found; however, no signal was detected because the unit was under water and it was designed to transmit a signal on 121.5 and 243 MHz, which are no longer monitored by the search and rescue satellite system"--Summary.

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