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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 205A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Nationwide Helicopters Ltd. |
| Registration: | C-FJTF |
| MSN: | 30012 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 27 mls W of Buffalo Narrows, SK -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
Shortly after lift off, at about tree top height, there was a loud bang and the rotor RPM began to decay . The pilot attempted to autorotate onto a river bed but the helicopter crashed.
Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1993 | C-FJTF | Campbell Helis | 0 | Edson | |
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