On 30 March 2024, at 1352 Eastern Daylight Time, the Boeing of Canada Limited de Havilland Division DHC-8-314 aircraft (registration C-GAIW, serial number 300) operated by Air Inuit Ltd. took off from La Grande Rivière Airport (CYGL), Quebec, to conduct a daytime cargo flight under instrument flight rules to Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport (CYKG), Quebec, with 2 flight crew members and 1 cargo agent on board.
On , an Aerospatiale AS 350 BA helicopter, operated by Aberdeen Helicopters Ltd., took off from Vernon Airport, British Columbia, on a visual flight rules training flight, with 2 crew members and 1 passenger on board.
After a short time in flight, the helicopter’s hydraulics were shut off to accommodate the training exercise. A few minutes later, the helicopter began to pitch nose-down.
On 02 May 2024, a Bell 206L helicopter, operated by Custom Helicopters Ltd., departed from Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, on a visual flight rules flight to Pangnirtung Airport, Nunavut, in conditions of reduced visibility and cloud ceilings because of ongoing light snowfall with only the pilot on board.
On , a DHC-2 MK I Beaver operated by Harbour Air Limited was conducting a local sightseeing flight from Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome, British Columbia, with one pilot and five passengers on board.
On 28 June 2024, a Bell Textron Inc. 212 helicopter operated by Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. was in the area of Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, supporting wildfire suppression efforts. Shortly after takeoff from Fort Good Hope Airport (CYGH), the helicopter experienced a main rotor blade separation from the head. Immediately thereafter, the remaining rotor blade and rotor head separated from the mast. The helicopter then collided with the terrain, resulting in a post-impact fire.
With a view to advancing transportation safety, the TSB is publishing data from its Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) on reportable accidents and incidents (which together are called occurrences) for use by industry and the public. The TSB gathers the data in the course of its investigations and uses it to analyze safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian transportation system.
