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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 205A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Paramount Air |
| Registration: | C-GRUW |
| MSN: | 30097 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Oliver, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
Following a lift off from a mountain top, the engine compressor stalled and lost power. The pilot was able to autorotate into trees.
Sources:
ICAO
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1985 | C-GRUW | Frontier Helicopters | 0 | 23 mls ENE Fairmont Hot Springs, BC | |
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| 31 August 1999 | N205BD | U.S. Forest Service, lsf Farm Development | 0 | Lydia, TX |  |
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