ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43564
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| Date: | Monday 20 August 2007 |
| Time: | 08:08 |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Korea Forest Service |
| Registration: | FP709 |
| MSN: | 51244 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | On a mountain close to a welfare facility in Gongju, Chungcheong Provi -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A helicopter of the Korea Forest Service (KFS) crashed into a mountain on its way to spraying insecticide in some chestnut forests, killing three people aboard including the pilots. The chopper, Bell 206-L3 (FP 709) of KFS’s Forest Aviation Headquarters, went down around 8:08 a.m. on August 20 on a mountain close to a welfare facility in Gongju, Chungcheong Province.
The crash killed the helicopter’s captain Kang Hyeon-jong (52), pilot Kim Ju-hong (51), and mechanic Lee Hyeong-shik (47).
Witnesses said, “A chopper flying above the welfare facility abruptly made a right and then two rounds. It spiraled and crashed into a slope with a ‘bang’ sound, burning in flames.”
The helicopter took off from the Geumgang River in Gongju heading for Goseong-ri, Jeongan-myeon. The three people had been in pest control operation in nearby chestnut forests for seven days beginning August 14. The KFS dispatched deputy director Lee Su-hwa, formed a response team, and is investigating the direct cause of the accident. According to the response team, there was fog in the area, but not much to disrupt the flight. The team is also investigating the cause based on the words of witnesses, who said a noisy sound blared before the clash.
One of the response team members said that the chopper was not equipped with a black box and that the team is figuring out what caused the clash by examining the chopper’s flight route, the level of shocks, and its wreckage.
Sources:
Scrambe 349
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2007082182878
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2008 12:31 | harro | Added |
| 30-May-2011 07:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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