{"id":350996,"date":"2023-08-29T12:09:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/?post_type=news&p=350996"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:19:40","slug":"canadian-ch-147f-chinook-crashed-while-executing-turn-shortly-after-clearing-tree-line-dnd","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/news\/canadian-ch-147f-chinook-crashed-while-executing-turn-shortly-after-clearing-tree-line-dnd\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian CH-147F Chinook crashed while executing turn shortly after clearing tree line: DND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A CH-147F Chinook like the one pictured crashed into the Ottawa River near Garrison Petawawa on June 20, killing both pilots on board. Mike Reyno Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Canada\u2019s Department of National Defence Airworthiness Investigative Authority has issued the preliminary report into a fatal CH-147F Chinook helicopter crash on the Ottawa River during a nighttime training flight on June 20, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two pilots died in the incident: Capt David Domagala and Capt Marc Larouche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The preliminary report does not indicate the cause of the incident, but provides a summary of factual information known at this time, according to a DND statement. Full details surrounding the incident are still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the crash, two pilots and two flight engineers from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron were aboard the aircraft, CH147310, conducting a scheduled two-hour training syllabus mission as part of the Tactical First Officer Course, per the DND report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew, callsign Hammer 31, had taken off from Area 17 at Garrison Petawawa, a Canadian Forces base in eastern Ontario, shortly after midnight and were flying to a confined area known as T40, located four kilometres (2.5 miles) north-northeast of the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The helicopter turned left shortly after departure and cleared a tree line on the west shore of the Ottawa River, then descended to tactical altitudes as per the mission profile, the report found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile descending and still established in the left turn, the helicopter impacted the water with high energy at 00:10 [12:10 a.m.] local time,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The helicopter was destroyed, but the two flight engineers successfully exited the aircraft and had only minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilot Domagala of Woodstock, Ont., served in the Canadian Army Reserve before becoming a pilot. He was posted to 450 Squadron in 2019. Pilot Larouche of Amos, Que., acquired a private pilot\u2019s license before joining the RCAF. He received his wings in 1993 and flew the CH-135 Twin Huey, CH-146 Griffon, and CH-147F Chinook, serving on domestic and international operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CH-147F and its flight recorders were recovered from the Ottawa River<\/a>\u00a0on July 13 following a challenging operation that involved contracted companies with cranes and other equipment to lift the helicopter from the water, while also containing possible spilled fluids such as fuel and lubricants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators said they are focusing on human, technical and environmental factors related to the incident. DND did not provide a timeline for completion of the investigation and its final report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of National Defence (DND) preliminary report into the fatal crash offers few details about what may have caused the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":349448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350996","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military","entry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/350996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}