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Air transportation safety investigation report
Air transportation safety investigation A19P0187
The occurrence
On 21 December 2019, a privately-operated Cessna 172H was conducting a flight northwest of Tofino, British Columbia. The aircraft was declared missing after failing to return to the Courtenay Airpark as expected. The destroyed aircraft was found on 22 December 2019 in a remote location near Sydney Inlet Provincial Park, British Columbia, approximately 24 nautical miles northwest of Tofino, British Columbia. The pilot was the lone person on board and was fatally injured.
Air transportation safety investigation A20Q0015
The occurrence
On the morning of , 2 helicopters operated by Quebec’s Service aérien gouvernemental took off from the Montréal/St-Hubert Airport (CYHU), Quebec, at 0750 Eastern Standard Time, bound for Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, Quebec, to provide air support to a search for snowmobilers who had been reported missing the day before.
Air transportation safety investigation A19W0124
The occurrence
On , at approximately 1130 Mountain Daylight Time, a privately registered Nanchang CJ6A aircraft (registration C-FTGZ, serial number 1532014) departed a privately owned grass airfield located 7 nautical miles (NM) south of Smith, Alberta, to participate in an airshow at the fairgrounds in Smith.