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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 2005 |
| Time: | 22:40 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Vancouver Island Helicopters |
| Registration: | C-FWDV |
| MSN: | 30973 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | PWC PT6T-3DF |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5153.19N 11849.60 W (Blue River, BC) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During the downwind leg of the approach to a heli-ski pickup the collective pitch was increased and the low rotor RPM warning sounded the engine throttles were again confirmed fully opened. The A/C was approximately 150 feet AGL and was autorotated straight ahead towards the snow-covered lake. The high sink rate of the aircraft and rapidly decreasing M-rotor RPM could not be regained. In the final autorotative flare the A/C landed hard but remained upright.The engine RPM on landing had remained at approximately flight idle despite the throttles being fully open. The engines were shut down and the A/C secured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TC CADORS No.2005P0338
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