downwash Posted June 23, 2003 Report Posted June 23, 2003 Anyone heard of a major fatal wreck, multi passengers, in Hawaii on the weekend or end of last week? Quote
Winnie Posted June 23, 2003 Report Posted June 23, 2003 Here is the Preliminary report IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 4493M Make/Model: HU5 Description: HUGHES 500DE ROTORCRAFT Date: 06/15/2003 Time: 1930 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: PAHALA State: HI Country: US DESCRIPTION K&S HELICOPTERS, TROPICAL N4493M, HUGHES 500 AIR TAXI MADE A MAYDAY CALL REPORTING AN ENGINE OUT PRIOR TO CRASHING TWO MILES NOTRH OF THE SHORELINE IN THE VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, THE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURIED, ACFT WAS DESTROYED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, PAHALA, HILO, HI INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 4 # Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 3 Fat: 3 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: WEATHER: ITO METAR 151853Z 33005KT 10SM SCT025 26/20 A3007 OTHER DATA Activity: Business Phase: Cruise Operation: Air Taxi (On Demand) Departed: HILO, HI Dep Date: 06/15/2003 Dep. Time: 1930 Destination: HILO, HI Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing: Y Last Radio Cont: UNK Last Clearance: UNK FAA FSDO: HONOLULU, HI (WP13) Entry date: 06/16/2003 Quote
downwash Posted June 23, 2003 Author Report Posted June 23, 2003 Thanx, Winnie. I guess that''s the one, although my source said it was this weekend. Couldn''t find anything else on either the FAA or NTSB sites. As usual, I find myself wondering why these preliminary reports seem so adept at raising questions. I don''t know the terrain, but HH''s little eggshell is a pretty hardy airframe, and I''d read from the reported ''Mayday'' that the guy had some kind of handle on things. One wonders how it ended up with all aboard killed. **** shame, regardless. Quote
407 Driver Posted June 23, 2003 Report Posted June 23, 2003 Downwash, the FAA site to check for 10 days of preliminary info is http://www1.faa.gov/avr/aai/iirform.htm Quote
downwash Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Posted June 24, 2003 Thanx, 407. I''d lost that URL and was banging my head trying to find it again. Quote
407 Driver Posted June 24, 2003 Report Posted June 24, 2003 I was wondering what that sound was when I was in Mica Ck a few days ago? I thought that it must have been a big TCU banging away at your end of the Lake Quote
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