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Issue 27, March 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Out of Gas, Out of Options
• The Mountains Win Again
• Rapid Decompression and SOPs
• Dual Engine Failure
• A Recipe for Trouble
• Gear-Up Landing and GPWS
• For Want of A CVDR...
• Aviation Occurrence Statistics
• Summaries
• Investigations
• Final Reports

Figures

• Figure 1 - Occurrence diagram.
• Figure 2 - High Prairie NDB 25 approach plate.

Photos

• Photo 1 - Results of a forced landing at a major city intersection.
• Photo 2 - View along wreckage trail to show vehicular strike.
• Photo 3 - View to illustrate the proximity of nearby restaurant.
• Photo 4 - The aircraft struck a tree before the pilot was able to regain control.
• Photo 5 - The wreckage was located by a search aircraft the same day, less than one nautical mile from the Coquihalla highway.
• Photo 6 - Fragments from the failed window.
• Photo 7 - Dual failures of the input freewheel unit led to the loss of this helicopter.
• Photo 8 - Sikorsky S-61 using a longline to pick up logs.
• Photo 9 - It is unlikely that the helicopter entered fully-developped autorotation descent.
• Photo 10 - View of the aircraft from the south.
• Photo 11 - Straps are attached to the fuselage of the Citation.
• Photo 12 - The Citation is raised so that the landing gear can be extended.
• Photo 13 - It is not known why the pilot of this Piper Seneca descended below the MDA.
• Photo 14 - The plane crashed into a densely wooded area.
• Photo 15 - Wind conditions most likely exceeded the helicopter's performance limitations.
• Photo 16 - Wreckage of the Cirrus glider.

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