Articles for tag PA
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Aug
23
2023
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On August 12, 2023, about 0950 eastern daylight time, a Bell 47G-5 helicopter, N1503L, was destroyed when it was involved in accident near Mifflinville, Pennsylvania. The pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight.
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Mifflinville
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PA
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Aug
14
2023
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AIRCRAFT CLIPPED POWER LINES AND CRASHED IN A FIELD AND POST CRASH FIRE, NESCOPECK, PA.
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FAA Accident Report
NESCOPECK
PA
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May
15
2023
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The pilot explained that the accident occurred at the completion of a local flight that departed from a private residence. While landing from a hover to a “slight slope,” the pilot said he lowered the collective “too rapidly,” the helicopter “landed roughly” and that he raised the collective control to recover the landing. “At that point, I entered a dynamic rollover to the left in which I was unable to recover.” The helicopter came to rest on its side with substantial damage to the cabin and the tailboom.
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Leghighton
NTSB Report
PA
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May
11
2023
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During an aerial application flight while spraying a corn field, the helicopter’s tail section struck a powerline. The pilot did not see the powerline, which crossed over the middle of the cornfield perpendicular to the spray pass he was performing, but he knew what he had struck as soon as the helicopter came into contact with it.
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Bloomsburg
NTSB Report
PA
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May
04
2023
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The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot’s improper judgment to attempt a flight while impaired by medications, which resulted in the helicopter’s abnormal ground contact, loss of control, and collision with terrain.
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PA
Palmyra
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Feb
27
2023
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On April 22, 2021, about 2104 eastern daylight time, a Robinson Helicopter R44, N4055N, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Forkston, Pennsylvania. The pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
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Forkston
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NTSB Final Report
PA
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