ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342966
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 April 2009 |
| Time: | 22:15 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS 350D |
| Owner/operator: | Nunavik Rotors Inc. |
| Registration: | C-FGKP |
| MSN: | 1032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Avco Lycoming LTS-101-600A-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kuujjuaq (CYVP) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
According to TSB report # A09Q0046, the AS 350D helicopter, registered as C-FGKP and operated by Nunavik Rotors Inc. had returned to Kuujjuaq after a local flight. As the aircraft hovered to its parking area, a sign from the Air Inuit hangar was torn off due to turbulence caused by the rotor. The sign was projected into the tail rotor. The pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and land without further incident. An inspection revealed significant damage to the tail rotor blade. Debris was also projected and damaged the vertical stabilizer and the main rotor blade., 2009-04-02 - C-FGKP, an Aerospaciale AS 350 operated by Nunavik Rotors, was conducting a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) (CYLU) to Kuujjuaq (CYVP). As the aircraft approached the Air Inuit hangar, turbulence from the helicopter caused the company sign to break off from the side of the hangar. The sign hit the tail rotor blade. The pilot lost control of the aircraft for a short time, but was then able to regain control. The helicopter landed without incident.
Sources:
CADORS 2009Q0593
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 December 2002 | C-FGKP | Nunavik Rotors Inc. | 0 | 37nm NNW of Kuujjuaq, Quebec | |
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