A Bell 206L helicopter crashed in the Taylor's Brook area on March 19.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has provided BayFM details surrounding a helicopter crash that occured in the Taylor's Brook area od Western Newfoundland on March 19.
Their release states, “a privately registered Bell 206L was conducting a visual flight rule (VFR) pleasure flight from Pasadena to a lodge at Snowy Lake with a pilot and a passenger on board. Upon arrival at the lodge the pilot attempted to land in a cleared area in front of the lodge. Due to the slope of the intended landing spot, the pilot elected to taxi forward toward a pathway that led to the adjacent lake. The pathway was lined by trees on both sides. As the helicopter air taxied forward into the clearing, the main rotor blades contacted trees to the left of the helicopter and control was lost. The helicopter came to rest on its left side and was substantially damaged. Both occupants were wearing helmets and were uninjured during the accident sequence. The TSB did not deploy any investigators to the scene".
Accoriding to the TSB, the crash was classified as a Class 5 occurrence, and as per the TSB’s policies, Class 5 occurrences are not subject to comprehensive investigations, therefore investigators did not attend.
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