ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349199
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 April 2004 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 206L |
| Owner/operator: | Vancouver Island Helicopters |
| Registration: | C-FVIX |
| MSN: | 45139 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Tasu Creek, British Columbia -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Bell 206L helicopter (registration C-FVIX, serial number 45139) was in cruise flight at an altitude of about 700 feet above sea level when the pilot heard a sudden unusual noise and subsequently experienced an engine power loss. He lowered the collective and checked the instruments while scanning the area for a landing spot. The engine was still running; however, the turbine outlet temperature was climbing very rapidly and quickly exceeded the range of the gauge.The pilot subsequently raised the collective slowly, but the main rotor started to droop. He advised the two passengers of an engine failure and entered auto-rotation. While initiating a flared landing, he pulled the collective and confirmed no power from the engine as the low rotor horn sounded. The helicopter landed on a logging road near Tasu Creek, Queen Charlotte Islands, in the Sandspit area at 0829 Pacific daylight time. The pilot shut down the engine immediately on landing. There were no injuries and no airframe damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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History of this aircraft
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