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| Date: | Wednesday 31 August 2005 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS 350BA |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Helicopters |
| Registration: | C-FPER |
| MSN: | 2552 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca ARRIEL 1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 55 NM au sud-ouest Nemiscau (CYHH) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
C-FPER, a Canadian Helicopters AS350 BA, was taking off from a point located approximately 55 miles southwest of Némiscau (CYHH). When it was approximately 5 ft off the ground, while the helicopter was hovering, the aircraft yawed quickly to the left. After having conducted a 270° ground loop, the tail rotor hit some trees. The aircraft re-gained a little bit of altitude, and the pilot landed the aircraft on a beach on the Rivière Rupert. The pilot, alone on board, was not injured. The aircraft's tail was substantially damaged. The vertical stabilizers came completely off the aircraft.
Sources:
CADORS 2005Q1399
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