ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342825
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 December 1997 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | C-FDTN |
| MSN: | 37-0102D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 NW of Provost, AB -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot of C-FDTN was in a hover, doing long-line seismic operations, when an undetermined failure on the helicopter resulted in the a/c colliding with the ground. The pilot was the only occupant and he received injuries that required treatment in hospital. TSB investigators were reported to be going to the site and more details will be available. OPI - System Safety UPDATE It was reported that the helicopter shed one of it's rotor blades while in a hover about 100 feet AGL. UPDATE During operations when the helicopter was in hover, the cyclic began to vibrate and the helicopter nosed down. The pilot pulled back on the cyclic but the helicopter struck the ground nose down on the left side. The tail boom had separated and one main rotor blade was found about 1200 feet from the crash site. The pilot was seriously injured in the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CADORS 1997C0841
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