C-FMEL
Bell Helicopter TEXTRON Canada Ltd. 407 · built 2007
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2007 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FMEL.
- June 16, 1996AccidentHull loss
Continued operation of the engine following an exhaust valve failure on the n°2 cylinder resulted in a flaming gas path near the right side of the firewall, an exhaust system overheat, and a subsequent cabin fire. Full accident record
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records
No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. 2 TSB records predate the airframe built in 2007 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FMEL.
- June 16, 1996Accidentdestroyed
A96c0091: a wildcountry airways ltd. Dhc-3 float-equipped aircraft, c-fmel, was on a charter flight carrying the pilot and six passengers from cochenour to sandy beach resort, ontario. Five minutes after departure, the pilot radioed that he would be returning because of an onboard fire, and he subsequently landed the…
- January 15, 1985Accidentsubstantial damage
After the wheel/ski equipped aircraft was loaded and the three passengers boarded, the pilot took off from the red lake ice strip. Shortly after lift-off, when the power was reduced to climb, the aircraft pitched up uncommanded. The pilot pushed the control column forward and started to trim nose-down but nothing…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).