- Date
- August 28, 2009, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Némisko, Canada
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- C-FHAPEurocopter AS350 B2
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Case key
- 74806
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 28, 2009, at 1200 eastern daylight time, a Eurocopter model AS350 B2 (AStar), s/n 3292, Canadian registration C-FHAP, experienced a loss of engine power during cruise flight near Némisko, Québec, Canada. The helicopter was substantially damaged during the subsequent forced landing to a lake shoreline. The pilot and 2 passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 Phone: 1 (800) 387-3557 Fax: 1 (819) 997-2239 E-mail: airops@tsb.gc.ca Webpage: http://www.tsb.gc.ca This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FHAP
- Reported as
- Eurocopter AS350 B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3292
- Engine
- Honeywell Aerospace LTS101-700D-2, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Abitibi Helicopters Ltd.
- Registered owner
- Abitibi Helicopters Ltd.
- Departed
- Camp Rupert
- Destination
- Lake Mistassini
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 28, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 17 KB in all.