Accident Bell 205A-1 C-GXNE,
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Date:Tuesday 10 June 1986
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic UH1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell 205A-1
Owner/operator:Frontier Helicopters
Registration: C-GXNE
MSN: 30127
Year of manufacture:1973
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:near Spences Bridge, BC -   Canada
Phase:
Nature:Fire fighting
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Following water pick-up from a river, a wire struck the windshield and dragged up into the rotor blades.
The helicopter descended into the river.

Sources:

ICAO Adrep Summary 1988-2

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