ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35997
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| Date: | Thursday 26 July 1990 |
| Time: | 13:58 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22B |
| Owner/operator: | State Of Oklahoma Highway Patrol |
| Registration: | N20K |
| MSN: | 789 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1438 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-B2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | US Highway 62, 4 miles SW of Tahlequah, Oklahoma -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Muskogee, Oklahoma (HAX/KHAX) |
| Watts, Adair County, Oklahoma | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shortly after noon on the twenty-sixth July 1990, Trooper Joseph Earl Nicolle was piloting the Oklohama Highway Patrol helicopter solo out of Muskogee, Oklahoma, en route to Watts, Oklahoma, in Adair County, to assist Adair County authorities in locating and eradicating a large marijuana field.
As Nicolle was flying over US Highway 62, 4 miles southwest of Tahlequah, the helicopter struck a power line and crashed on the shoulder of the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The date was Trooper Nicolle's 39th birthday,
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW90GA146 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X23699&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=N20K
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1177
4. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
5. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ok/N20K/
6. https://newsok.com/article/3866900/after-plane-crash-oklahoma-highway-patrol-trooper-remains-hospitalized
7. http://www.ohptroopers.com/fallenheroes.html
8. http://www.oktrooper.com/memorial.html#27
9. http://www.odmp.org/officer/101-trooper-joseph-earl-nicolle
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Sep-2016 20:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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