Slave Lake Chopper Crash

What: Private helicopter
Where: Slave Lake, Canada
When: Dec 5, 2012
Who: 1 aboard, 1 fatality
Why: A helicopter flying out of Peace River en route to Calgary crashed in windy weather with blwing snow in the vicinity of Slave Lake Canada.

The helicopter was owned by an energy company. It’s beacon activated at 12:30 p.m and a search by two helicopters was initiated by Cold Lake RCMP and Canadian Forces. They located the wreckage in a heavily forested area 12 kilometres southwest of Slave Lake. Three of the search team parachuted into the area of rough terrain, cut out a landing pad, and found the 38 year old pilot deceased at the scene.

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