C-GCHJ – a Helijet Sikorsky S-76C air ambulance on the helipad at St Joseph’s General Hospital, Comox B.C.
The Helijet Sikorsky S76 is configured to to accommodate up to 2 stretcher patients and 4 medical attendants. The aircraft is primarily used in patient transfers within a 100 mile radius of its Richmond base to or from hospitals, airports and/or on the scene calls.
- Manufacturer: Sikorsky
- Model: S-76C
- Serial: 760496
- Year Built: 1998
- Owner: Helijet International Inc
- Crew: two
- Capacity:
- Pasenger: seats 12–13
- Air Ambulance: 2 stretcher patients and 4 medical attendants
- Length: 16.00 m from tip of main rotor to tip of tail rotor
- Width: 3.05 m at horizontal stabilizer
- Height: 4.42 m to tip of tail rotor
- Empty weight: 3,177 kg in utility configuration
- Gross weight: 5,307 kg
- Fuel capacity: 1,064 liters, with 189 or 386 liters available in extra auxiliary tanks
- Powerplant: 2 × 981 shp Turbomeca Arriel 1S1 turboshaft
- Main rotor diameter: 4× 13.41 m
- Maximum speed: 287 km/h at maximum takeoff weight at sea level in standard atmospheric conditions
- Cruise speed: 287 km/h maximum cruise speed is the same as maximum speed
- Range: 761 km no reserves, at long-range cruise speed at 4,000 ft altitude
- Service ceiling: 4,200 m
- Avionics:
- Honeywell four-tube EFIS and Collins Proline II avionics suite
- Four-axis fully coupled autopilot
- Integrated Instrument Display System (IIDS)
- Honeywell ground proximity warning system
- Honeywell Primus weather radar
- Dual comm/nav radios
- Automatic direction finder
- Dual attitude and heading reference system and air data computers
- Radio altimeter
- Mode C transponder
- Dual VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and Instrument landing system (ILS)
- Distance measuring equipment
- Cockpit voice recorder