R-22 accident in NC?

[Snakum]

I caught the tail-end of something about an accident on the news this morning in NC, and saw a Robinson loaded on the back of a flatbed, but I never heard anything else about it, nor can I find anything about it on the web this morning.

I know a couple guys who fly one regularly (one of them owns it) and am curious.

Anyone heard?

Minh

 

[BlueBlood]

An R44 crashed yesterday morning in Lamar County, Georgia on its way from GSP to FLA. Three fatal.

 

[Snakum]

Bummer ... thanks man.


Minh

 

[Timebuilder]

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/06/27/helicopter.crash.ap/

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040627_568.html

http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/3465622/detail.html

God bless them. I hope they knew the Lord.

 

[FracCapt]

The news story says the R44 reportedly took off at about 3am out of GMU, but crashed south of Atlanta at 5:45am. That's only about 150 miles. If they did indeed fly for 2:45, they were either out of fuel or very close to it. I suspect the story is incorrect - but the NTSB prelim report should give a bit more insight in a few days. I have to wonder, though, why somebody would choose to fly a helicopter 350 or so miles to go to a funeral, and why they were so far off of a straight line course between GMU and AAF. Atlanta area is well west of that line.

 

[Timebuilder]

Could the reason be the bad weather that has plagued the region for the past week?

 

[Snakum]

That's what I was thinking: deviating for storms that have been pounding us down here all month.

Godspeed to all aboard.

Minh

 

[FLGator911]

God bless them. I hope they knew the Lord.

As opposed to knowing their neighbor, the mailman, or the Sheriff?

 

[Gulfstream 200]

be better to know you limits than know the lord.

 

[NuGuy]

be better to know you limits than know the lord.

Amen, brother...

Nu