ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167979
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Date: | Friday 18 July 2014 |
Time: | 07:30 |
Type: | Bell 47G-2 |
Owner/operator: | Bettencourt Flying Service Inc |
Registration: | N6768D |
MSN: | 2441 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Merced Rgn'l Airport/Macready Field (KMCE), Merced, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Merced Regional (KMCE) |
Destination airport: | Merced Regional (KMCE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The crop dusting helicopter clipped a powerline and crashed in a water melon field north-northwest of Merced Regional Airport. The aircraft was consumed by the post-impact fire and the sole pilot onboard received serious injuries.
Sources:
http://kmph.com/story/26055638/helicopter-crash-in-merced-friday-morning http://abc30.com/news/crop-dusting-helicopter-crashes-near-merced-regional-airport/197839/ http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article3292571.html http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N6768D.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 July 2009 |
N6768D |
Private |
0 |
Turlock, California |
|
sub |
Loss of control |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jul-2014 16:59 |
gerard57 |
Added |
20-Jul-2014 00:57 |
Geno |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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