C-FYUN (Aerospatiale AS50) — accident record & aircraft history

Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on August 21, 2006. No route data will appear.

Safety history

August 22, 2006Accident
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the sling load during cruise flight, which resulted in the load becoming entangled in the tail rotor, and an in-flight loss of control.
Eurocopter France AS350 B2
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the sling load during cruise flight, which resulted in the load becoming entangled in the tail rotor, and an in-flight loss of control. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (August 21, 2006).

August 21, 2006Accidentdestroyed
Aerospatiale AS 350 B2 · Nuiqsut · 1 fatalities · A06F0132
A06F0132: The Eurocopter AS 350 B2 helicopter (C-FYUN) was performing sling-load operations from one remote camp to another in the North Slope area of Alaska. The helicopter did not arrive at destination, and searchers found the wreckage the next day. The helicopter was partially submerged in a small lake and the…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).