ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342767
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1996 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Universal Helicopters Newfoundland Limited |
| Registration: | C-GOFL |
| MSN: | 53130 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seal Lake, 150 miles nw Goose Bay, Labrador -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was in the area moving camp equipment. The pilot was hovering in the vicinity of an overturned boat in order to assess the feasibility of righting it. When he decided to depart the scene he did not realize that somebody had atttached a line to the helicopter and the boat. The helicopter crashed resulting in loss of the aircraft and minor injury to the pilot. TSB evaluating. UPDATE: Correction to registration, C-GOFL from C-FOFL.
Sources:
CADORS 1996A0521
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 2005 | C-GOFL | Universal Helicopters Newfoundland | 0 | Helipad 20 miles west of Postville | |
sub |
| 3 June 2007 | C-GOFL | Universal Helicopters Newfoundland Limited | Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador, 7 nm S | |
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