Date:	Tuesday 12 December 1995
Time:	17:00 UTC
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350BA
Owner/operator:	Viking Helicopters Ltd.
Registration:	C-GDLY
MSN:	1318
Year of manufacture:	1980
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gabriel rest stop, 160 nm north of Sept-Iles, Quebec -   Canada
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Gabriel Relay, 160 nm north of Sept-Iles, Quebec
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	TSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The helicopter, an Astar AS350 BA, registration C-GDLY, was engaged in aerial work and transporting passengers from the Gabriel relay to a generator site located about a 20-minute flight away, 160 nautical miles (nm) north of Sept-Îles, Quebec. The site was just off the Kay Subdivision of the railway owned by the Cartier Railway Company and leading from Port-Cartier to Fermont. The aircraft was carrying two passengers and hand luggage in addition to the pilot. Shortly after the aircraft landed on sloping ground, the passenger sitting on the right, behind the pilot, left the aircraft to go to a shelter located on the left side. As the passenger was proceeding towards the front of the helicopter, the main rotor touched his head. The passenger was taken immediately to the Sept-Îles hospital where he was declared dead.

The occurrence took place in daylight under visual meteorological conditions.

1. CADORS 1995Q0679
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/1995/a95q0236/a95q0236.asp]
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=301&count=50]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
03-Jul-2014 22:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]