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| Date: | Friday 2 May 2025 |
| Time: | c 15:10 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Horizon Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | C-GHZN |
| MSN: | 1749 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Whitehorse, YT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Whitehorse-Erik Nielsen International Airport, YT (YXY/CYXY) |
| Whitehorse-Erik Nielsen International Airport, YT (YXY/CYXY) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Eurocopter AS 350B was being operated on a training flight with 2 pilots on board. After conducting several different training exercises over the course of about an hour, the pilots performed several autorotations to a large clearing. During the fourth autorotation, the aircraft collided with the ground, fatally injuring one of the pilots.
Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/one-pilot-died-in-whitehorse-helicopter-crash-company-says-1.7526698
https://www.yukon-news.com/news/one-fatality-reported-in-helicopter-crash-near-whitehorse-7987892
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7526698
https://www.wingsmagazine.com/tsb-investigating-helicopter-on-training-flight-crashes-in-whitehorse/
https://www.mytruenorthnow.com/77677/featured/helicopter-accident-involving-an-airbus-in-whitehorse/
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-airbus-as350-registered-c-ghzn-on-02-05-2025-near-whitehorse-ad/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2025 00:15 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 04-May-2025 04:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2025 09:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2025 23:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2025 05:40 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2025 17:31 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 02-Jun-2025 06:34 | ASN | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
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