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Air transportation safety investigation report
Air transportation safety investigation A13H0002
The occurrence
On 09 September 2013, at 1638 Mountain Daylight Time, the Canadian Coast Guard Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO 105 S CDN-BS-4 helicopter (registration C-GCFU, serial number S 727) operated by the Government of Canada, Department of Transport, call sign CCG364, took off from the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Amundsen with 1 pilot, the vessel's master and a scientist on board for a combined ice measurement and reconnaissance mission in the M'Clure Strait, Northwest Territories.
Air transportation safety investigation A13C0105
The occurrence
On 22 August 2013, the Transwest Air float-equipped de Havilland DHC-3T Otter, C-FSGD, was reported overdue on a flight from Scott Lake, Northwest Territories, to an outpost camp in the area. The Rescue Coordination Centre tasked an aircraft to the coordinates provided by the operator, and discovered the wreckage 7 nm SE of Ivanhoe Lake. The aircraft was destroyed, and the pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries. The RCMP dive team and TSB investigators were deployed.