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Investigation report: Fatal aircraft accident near Tofino, British Columbia

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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is an independent agency that advances transportation safety by investigating occurrences in the air, marine, pipeline and rail modes of transportation.

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TSB deploys a team of investigators following a train derailment near Leross, Saskatchewan

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Figure 2. Occurrence aircraft, photo taken before the occurrence

Investigation report: Fatal aircraft accident near Tofino, British Columbia

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Figure 4. Derailed tank car after the collision (Source: TSB)

Adaptations to procedures contributed to derailment in Coalhurst, Alberta

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Collision with terrain Privately registered Cessna 421C, N264DC Tofino/Long Beach Airport (CYAZ), British Columbia

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Non-main-track collision and derailment Canadian Pacific Railway Company, doing business as CPKC Remote control locomotive system yard assignment CK31-10 Mile 8.0, Crowsnest Subdivision Kipp Yard Coalhurst, Alberta

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Collision with terrain Horizon Helicopters Ltd. Airbus AS350B, C-GHZN Whitehorse/Erik Nielsen International Airport (CYXY), Yukon, 5.5 NM E 

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Collision with terrain Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. BAE Systems Jetstream 3212, C-FNAA Fort Smith Airport (CYSM), Northwest Territories, 0.7 NM NW

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Crossing collision Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPKC) Mile 115.64, Belleville Subdivision Township of Cramahe, Ontario

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Collision with terrain during landing Endeavor Air (dba Delta Connection) MHI RJ Aviation Group CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900), N932XJ Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), Ontario

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Collision with terrain Kîsik Aerial Survey Inc. Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-31, C-GYYP Deer Lake Airport (CYDF), Newfoundland and Labrador 

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Engine failure and forced approach Privately registered Piper PA-28-140, C-FXGC Toronto/Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), Ontario, 4 NM NE 

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Stall and collision with terrain Privately registered Morrisey (Shinn Engineering Inc.) 2150A (Varga), C-GFHZ Vermilion Aerodrome (CYVG), Alberta, 0.9 NM NW 

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Loss of control and overturn on takeoff ETA Aviation & César Camp du Nord Inc. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited DHC-2 Mk. I (Beaver), C-FYNT St-Mathias Water Aerodrome (CSV9), Quebec

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