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| Date: | Sunday 24 November 2024 |
| Time: | 10:45 PST |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76C |
| Owner/operator: | Helijet Airways Inc |
| Registration: | C-GSHJ |
| MSN: | 760641 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nanaimo Harbour Heliport (CDH5), BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver/Harbour Public Heliport (CBC7), BC |
| Nanaimo Harbour Heliport (CDH5), BC | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Helijet International Incorporated S-76C helicopter departed the Vancouver/Harbour Public Heliport (CBC7), BC, on flight HJ983, under visual flight rules, to Nanaimo Harbour Heliport (CDH5), BC. The helicopter conducted a visual approach to the final approach and take off (FATO) area and then hover taxied to Helipad B. During shutdown, the pilots were informed that a pedestrian had been knocked over by the rotor downwash. The pedestrian had disembarked from the Hullo Ferry and was walking from the terminal (300 feet north-northwest of the FATO) to the parking lot (150 feet south of Helipad B). The walkway between the 2 points runs parallel to, and between 10 and 20 feet from, the fence on the east side of the heliport; 60 to 70 feet east of the 2 helipads. Paramedics were called and the individual was taken to hospital to treat a serious injury.
Helijet is installing a new perimeter fence to mitigate the effects of rotor downwash.
Sources:
TSB A24P0148
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2025 19:24 | ASN | Added |
| 08-Jan-2025 19:27 | ASN | Updated [Cn, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jan-2025 08:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Category, ] |
| 09-Jan-2025 08:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Plane category, ] |
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