Accident Aerospatiale AS 350D C-FETD,
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Date:Monday 17 February 1997
Time:17:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aerospatiale AS 350D
Owner/operator:
Registration: C-FETD
MSN:
Year of manufacture:1979
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Category:Accident
Location:38 mi. nord Sept-Iles -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The pilot was patrolling the railway tracks. He landed on the road parallel to the tracks, the right tip of the main rotor under the telephone wire. During take-off, one of the blades hit the telephone wire. The helicopter landed without any problems. No one was injured. Substantial damage. Weather: CAVOK. Le pilote effectuait une patrouille de la voie ferrée. Il a atterri sur la voie, parallèle au rail, avec l'extrémité droite du rotor principal sous un fil de téléphone. Lors du décollage, une pale est entrée en collision avec le fil téléphonique. L'hélicoptère a atterri sans autre problème. Aucun blessé. Dommages importants. MÉTÉO: CAVOK.

Sources:

CADORS 1997Q0064

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