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Accident date Location News org. Description F I Official cause 2022-11-22 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States : WBTV: The Robinson R44 helicopter went into rapid descent and crashed in a grassy area adjacent to a southbound intersectional lane of I-77, as the pilot was conducting a news-gathering training simulation accompanied by a WBTV staff meteorologist.
The Robinson crash-landed into a stationary helicopter, sending the propellers into the other aircraft before they eventually spun off. The helicopter spun out of control on Sunday morning. Jam Press
The NTSB's preliminary report determined that the cause was a loss of power on take off probably caused by an engine failure.. However, in January 2010, the NTSB issued its final report finding that the crash’s probable cause was Carson’s intentional understatement of the helicopter’s empty weight; alteration of the power-available chart to exaggerate the helicopter’s lift capability ...
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
It’s traditional for television news stations to use helicopters for their coverage. Chopper 6 was a 2013 American Eurocopter AS-350-A-STAR, 6ABC says.
The crew members were killed after the news station helicopter, Chopper 6, crashed in a wooded part of Washington Township around 8 p.m., according to 6ABC. The names of the crew members have not ...
4 January – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed into a marshy area near Bayou Penchant, Louisiana. The helicopter operated by Petroleum Helicopters was flying oil workers to a Shell Petroleum Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico from Gibson, Louisiana resulting in 8 fatalities and 1 passenger rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. [43]
The crash is under investigation. The CH-53E is a heavy-lift helicopter that can move troops and equipment and carry as much as 16 tons of cargo, according to the US Navy. The Marines aboard the ...