# Accident 20190331002239A: Airbus AS-350, Coldfoot, AK, March 31, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Coldfoot, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Location: 67.2564° N, 150.1842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coldfoot, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.2564&lon=-150.1842&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GTNV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS AS-350
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,788 total, 3,964 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190331002239A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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