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| Date: | Sunday 12 May 2013 |
| Time: | 00:25 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Helicopter Transport Services |
| Registration: | C-GAHZ |
| MSN: | 30758 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3nm NW of Dewar Lakes, Baffin Island, Nunavut -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Dewar Lakes |
| Fox 3 radar site, near Clyde River | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On Take Off, the helicopter encountered whiteout conditions,on rotation the helicopter encountered its own snowball and rolled over. Two of the three passengers suffered minor injuries. The pilot and other passenger were not injured. The helicopter was destroyed. All were able to make their way to the radar station. On contract to Dept of National Defence.
Sources:
CADORS #2013C1810
http://news.ca.msn.com/local/north/2-injured-in-helicopter-crash-on-baffin-island
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/2-injured-in-helicopter-crash-on-baffin-island-1.1307229
Images:
May 12th 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2013 05:44 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-May-2013 22:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Damage, ] |
| 11-Apr-2014 17:49 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 26-Sep-2016 19:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2016 19:35 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2018 20:01 | Scooter | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2018 20:01 | harro | Updated [Phase, ] |
| 12-Dec-2018 19:42 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Photo, ] |
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