67.2564° N, 150.1842° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Coldfoot, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 31, 2019 · 15:00 local
Place
Coldfoot, AK
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
C-GTNV
Reported as
Airbus AS-350
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,788 total3,964 in this make and model77 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Canadian aircraft and pilot under contract with Alaska fish and game for caribou capture. The animal they were chasing abruptly turned right, so the pilot turned right just as the gunner fired the capture net. The net weight contacted 1 rotor blade. The pilot maintained control and immediately landed with out injuries or further damage.
As the FAA filed it
CANADIAN AIRCRAFT AND PILOT UNDER CONTRACT WITH ALASKA FISH AND GAME FOR CARIBOU CAPTURE. THE ANIMAL THEY WERE CHASING ABRUPTLY TURNED RIGHT, SO THE PILOT TURNED RIGHT JUST AS THE GUNNER FIRED THE CAPTURE NET. THE NET WEIGHT CONTACTED 1 ROTOR BLADE. THE PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY LANDED WITH OUT INJURIES OR FURTHER DAMAGE.