00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.827776 CaOODSP 20221107144904 cr ||||||||||| 161117s2016 quco o f000 0 eng d 978-0-660-06832-9 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- TU3-5/15-0045E-PDF Collision with wires Canadian Helicopters Limited Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA (Helicopter), C-GBPS Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador, 5 NM WSW 30 July 2015 [electronic resource]. Gatineau, QC : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, c2016. 21 p. : photos Aviation investigation report ; A15A0045 Issued also in French under title: Collision avec un hauban Canadian Helicopters Limited Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA (hélicoptère), C-GBPS 5 NM à l’ouest-sud-ouest de Rigolet (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) 30 juillet 2015. On 30 July 2015, the Canadian Helicopters Limited Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA helicopter (registration C-GBPS, serial number 1277) had been flown to a remote microwave tower site approximately 5 nautical miles west-southwest of Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a pilot and 2 passengers on board. At about 1609 Atlantic Daylight Time, the helicopter lifted off from the helipad at the tower site and struck a tower guy wire with the main rotor. The helicopter struck the ground and settled on its upper right side. One passenger sustained fatal injuries, the pilot sustained serious injuries, and the other passenger sustained minor injuries. The helicopter was destroyed. The 406-megahertz emergency locator transmitter did not activate. There was no post-crash fire. The accident occurred during daylight hours. gccst Aircraft accidents gccst Investigations Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Collision avec un hauban Canadian Helicopters Limited Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA (hélicoptère), C-GBPS, 5 NM à l’ouest-sud-ouest de Rigolet (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) 30 juillet 2015 (CaOODSP)9.827778 Aviation investigation report ; A15A0045. (CaOODSP)9.504825 PDF 893 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/bst-tsb/TU3-5-15-0045-eng.pdf