Helicopter collided with terrain, killing all four on board – the owner, his wife and two of their five children – named in this report as Wade Balisky, 45, and Aubrey Balisky, 37, and two of their children, Jewel, 8, and Fleur, 2. They were survived by their oldest three children.
Location was a wide open and near level farm field, covered in snow
- Date:
- 1 January, 2021
- Reg:
- C-FBGT
- Make:
- Robinson
- Model:
- R44
- MSN:
- 13801
- Location:
- 10nm southwest of Eaglesham, Alberta, near the intersection of Range Road 10 and Township Road 771
- Country:
- Canada
- Civil / Military:
- Civil
- Fatalities:
- 4
- Link:
- https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/northern-alta-helicopter-crash-victims-identified-as-married-couple-and-daughters-1.5252135?cache=wpwecmoua
- Link:
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-four-people-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-northwestern-alberta-rcmp-say/
- Link:
- https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/four-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-northern-albertas-birch-hills-county
Accidents, Canada, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety