ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34870
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Date: | Friday 30 August 1991 |
Time: | 14:50 |
Type: | Robinson R22 Beta |
Owner/operator: | State Of Florida Department of Law Enforcement |
Registration: | N4022D |
MSN: | 1431 |
Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
Total airframe hrs: | 792 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake City, FL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Tallahassee, Florida (TLH/KTLH) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FLYING AN ADMINISTRATIVE FLIGHT IN THE HELICOPTER STRUCK AN ANTENNA GUY WIRE AND CRASHED. EXAMINATION OF THE ON BOARD LORAN REVEALED RECENTLY ENTERED COORDINATES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SCENE THAT, WHEN INVESTIGATED, REVEALED AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA FIELD TO BE PRESENT. INTERVIEWS WITH FELLOW WORKERS REVEALED THAT THE PILOT ROUTINELY CONDUCTED SEARCH MISSIONS EVEN WHILE ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE FLIGHT.
CAUSE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A VISUAL LOOKOUT DUE TO HIS DIVERTED ATTENTION TO OBSERVE AND ENTER THE LOCATION OF AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA PATCH INTO THE ON BOARD LORAN UNIT.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA91GA211 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X17922&key=1&queryId=3d958b19-3613-4661-9fdf-70e57ec07379&pgno=1&pgsize=20 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=4022D 3.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=36747 4.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N4022D/ 5.
https://publicsafetyaviation.org/fallen-details?fallen_id=141 6.
http://www.odmp.org/officer/251-special-agent-jessie-bruce-dobson-jr 7.
http://www.nleomf.org/officers/search/search-results/jessie-bruce-dobson-jr.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Sep-2016 17:05 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Jul-2022 08:04 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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