Oceanview Helicopters Ltd.

Oceanview Helicopters (OVHL) is a Canadian helicopter company based in Powell River, British Columbia. It began operations in 1994 and works with clients across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. It is also a Transport Canada Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO). The company is owned and operated by James Mode, president and operations manager, and Bill Chernoff, director of maintenance, who both take part in flying and maintaining the aircraft.

Services

Oceanview says it performs a wide variety of operations using specialized equipment for each application:

• Utility and powerline operations
• Forestry, covering all facets of the forest industry
• Wildlife capture, including support to Canadian Wildlife Capture
• Environmental services
• Windfirming
• Mining and exploration support
• Tourism
• Support charters

Fleet

The company states that it exclusively operates the MD500D helicopter, an all MD500 fleet, and shows several configurations for different jobs.

Maintenance

The AMO can maintain the MD 500 series, MD 520N, MD 600N and Bell 206 series. It also keeps a stocked supply of MD 500 series parts, with enquiries going to the director of maintenance.

Safety

Oceanview has a Safety Management System (SMS) that it implemented in 2008. It holds a BC Forest SAFE certificate and a Certificate of Recognition (COR) from the Alberta Construction Safety Association.