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| Date: | Saturday 2 August 2003 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS 350B |
| Owner/operator: | Airborne Energy Solutions |
| Registration: | C-GREV |
| MSN: | 1039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca ARRIEL 1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 20 NM W of Pincher Creek -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot of the Airborne Energy Solutions Ltd. Aerospatiale AS350BA, C-GREV, was looking for a landing location on a mountain ridge at about 6000 ft ASL when supporting fire-fighting crews. While hover taxiing down slope in 20 to 25 knot westerly winds, the tail rotor struck a berm that had been constructed as part of a firebreak. The helicopter was landed immediately, limiting damage to tail rotor blades and drivetrain, and holes in the horizontal stabilizer. There were no injuries to the 3 occupants.
Sources:
CADORS 2003C1109
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| 7 January 2012 | C-GREV | Airborne Energy Solutions | 0 | 20 NM West of Steen River, AB | |
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