Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered C-GTNV on 31/03/2019 at Coldfoot, Alaska [Investigation led by NTSB / United States]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United States authorities:

While conducting caribou capture operations for Environment Yukon/Alaska Fish and Game, one of the net weights fired from the netgun struck the leading edge of one of the main rotor blades. The main rotor blade sustained substantial damage.