ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308552
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 205A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Helicopters |
| Registration: | C-GRUW |
| MSN: | 30097 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 23 mls ENE Fairmont Hot Springs, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
The pilot was flying low over a swamp when the warning horn sounded and the engine accelerated. He reduced power and made an autorotation descent to the edge of the swamp and a hard landing.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 February 1990 | C-GRUW | Paramount Air | 0 | near Oliver, BC | |
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| 31 August 1999 | N205BD | U.S. Forest Service, lsf Farm Development | 0 | Lydia, TX |  |
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