ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349256
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| Date: | Sunday 3 June 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Universal Helicopters Newfoundland Limited |
| Registration: | C-GOFL |
| MSN: | 53130 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador, 7 nm S -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Universal Helicopters Newfoundland Limited Bell 407 helicopter (registration C-GOFL, serial number 53130) was en route to Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador, from the Jacques Lake drilling site, with the pilot as the sole occupant and an empty fuel tank weighing approximately 450 pounds on a 75-foot long line. At 500 feet above ground, the engine chip light illuminated along with audible indications of an engine failure. Immediately after, there were two indications on the full authority digital engine control (FADEC): FADEC Fail and FADEC Degrade, followed by the audible engine-failure horn. Engine power output degraded and the pilot entered autorotation. At approximately 200 feet above ground, the pilot released the long line, landed in a bog, and exited the helicopter uninjured. The aircraft was undamaged, and there was minimal environmental impact. The incident occurred at 0900 Atlantic daylight time.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1996 | C-GOFL | Universal Helicopters Newfoundland Limited | 0 | Seal Lake, 150 miles nw Goose Bay, Labrador | |
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| 1 October 2005 | C-GOFL | Universal Helicopters Newfoundland | 0 | Helipad 20 miles west of Postville | |
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