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| Date: | Friday 16 May 1997 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | C-GKDB |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 miles E of La Crete, AB -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
C-GKDB was on a local training flight and was hovering about one foot AGL in a quartering 15 knot wind. When a simulated engine failure was carried out, the wind caused the tail to rise and swing left and the nose of the a/c struck the ground. The a/c was destroyed but the occupant was not injured.
Sources:
CADORS 1997C0289
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