C-FBVH
Hughes Helicopters Div.- Summa CORP. 369D · built 1980
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on April 24, 1980. No route data will appear.
Safety history
- April 24, 1980Accident
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Slave Lake while engaged in a firefighting mission. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records5 on file
Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (April 24, 1980).
- September 9, 2021Accidentsubstantial damage
C-FBVH, a Hughes 369D helicopter, operated by Oceanview Helicopters Limited, lifted off from Toba Inlet after taking on fuel. Shortly afterwards, while in cruise flight, the pilot observed the fuel filter light illuminate intermittently (about 4-5 times). He reduced power but the flickering continued. The engine…
- March 28, 2018Incidentdamage unknown
C-FBVH, a Hughes 369D aircraft operated by Oceanview Helicopters, was conducting animal capture work near Revelstoke, BC (CYRV). During a landing in deep snow, the tail rotor contacted the snow. The pilot, who was the only person on board, was not injured. The operator’s maintenance attended the site and found that…
- September 19, 2014Accidentsubstantial damage
A14C0147: The Ocean View Helicopters Hughes 369D, C-FBVH was engaged in power transmission line construction. The helicopter, with two linemen aboard, was in the process of transferring the linemen to a tower. As the first lineman began the skid transfer the main rotor came in contact with the top of the tower. The…
- September 17, 1988Accidentsubstantial damage
Le pilote transportait a l'elingue de la gravelle avec un contenant concu a cette fin. Apres quelques voyages, il est devenu evident que le contenant etait trop lourd et la charge transportee trop legere. Le pilote a alors fait decrocher l'elingue du contenant et a avise le responsable qu'il y avait un recipient plus…
- April 24, 1980Accidentdestroyed
On the first day of the fire fighting season the aircraft was being flown against a grass fire that was threatening buildings on the edge of the town and airport. Despite being warned twice about high trees on the far side of the fire the pilot made his run below tree top height. The tanker struck the trees as the…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).