Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered C-FAVX on 04/05/2023 at Edson

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Canadian authorities:

The helicopter landed hard at Edson Airport.

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General information
Local date	04/05/2023
Responsible entity	Canada - TSB
State or area of occurrence	Canada
Location	AD Edson
Human consequences	Minor
Number of minor injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2023-0149

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Canada - Other (Range Helicopters Inc.)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	C-FAVX
State of registry	Canada
Last departure point	Canada - Other (forest firefighting staging area located approximately 49 nautical miles (NM) to the east)
Planned destination	Canada - CYET (YET): Edson, Alta.
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	4242
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Natonally Regulated Operations - Firefighting

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.