Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered C-GWTQ on 16/03/2022 near Nelson

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Canadian authorities:

C-GWTQ, an Airbus AS350B3, was conducting an avalanche control operation 35NM north of Nelson (CZNL), BC with 1 pilot and 2 passengers on board. The helicopter suffered a tail strike, landed almost immediately followed on the snow-covered mountain and rolled over. The ELT activated and signal was received by the Canadian Mission Control Centre and relayed to the Victoria JRCC