ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268788
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 2000 |
| Time: | 20:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Airborne Energy Solutions Ltd. |
| Registration: | C-GXQI |
| MSN: | 37-0104D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Allison 25 Series |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 48 NM W of FOX CREEK, AB (CED4) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
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| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
At 2145Z, RCMP advised the Edmonton ACC Shift Manager of an aircraft accident involving C-GXQI, a Hughes 369 helicopter in the vicinity of Fox Creek, AB. The accident was reported to have occurred at approximately 2000Z, and the lone occupant of the a/c was seriously injured. It was reported that the pilot was doing seismic work about 48 NM west of Fox Creek near a steep incline when the main rotor blades struck trees and the a/c descended into trees and terrain. He was initially taken to hospital in Grande Prairie and then to University Hospital in Edmonton. The helicopter is substantially damaged.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TC CADORS No.2001C0004
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