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highonsnow
23rd Jan 2008, 17:57
Has anybody any information on the fatal heli crash at Dade Collier, Miami, FL? A brief news report says two people died after the helicopter flipped and exploded doing practice take-offs and landings. What kind of heli was it?

http://www.nbc6.net/news/15113118/detail.html?rss=ami&psp=news

VeeAny
23rd Jan 2008, 18:14
FAA Preliminary Accident Report say the aircraft was N18HB an R44 Astro.

http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/preliminary_data/media/K_0123_N.txt

The link will stop working at some point in the near future, if I remember I'll comeback and delete it when it does.

highonsnow
23rd Jan 2008, 18:23
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** Report created 1/23/2008 Record 1 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 18HB Make/Model: R44 Description: R-44 Astro
Date: 01/22/2008 Time: 1740

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
City: MIAMI State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
N18HB, A ROBINSON R44 ROTORCRAFT, WHILE ON APPROACH, CRASHED, THE TWO
PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, DADE-COLLIER AIRPORT, MIAMI, FL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 2
# Crew: 2 Fat: 2 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Approach Operation: OTHER


FAA FSDO: SOUTH FLORIDA, FL (SO19) Entry date: 01/23/2008

IntheTin
24th Jan 2008, 00:03
The weather wasn't a factor at the time of the crash. The aircraft was based out of Fort Lauderdale's executive airport. It had been based there a while.

One of the guys who was always flying it had a private certificate but plenty of experience. Not sure if he was in the aircraft.
The other guy that was sometimes with him was unrated.

Report of the aircraft flipping over and bursting into flames. Not much left to see on the photo's.

Poor buggers. Hope they didn't suffer. :uhoh:

rotor67
24th Jan 2008, 17:38
Pilot on another forum said that the PPL was giving psuedo lessons to his friend, which caused the rollover, but not confirmed.

R.I.P.

rotornut
26th Jan 2008, 19:16
Is it possible to get the names of the victims? I believe one of them is a colleague of a friend of mine. Any further information will be appreciated.

IntheTin
26th Jan 2008, 23:05
Check your pm's rotornut.

rotornut
27th Jan 2008, 12:21
Thanks for trying, IntheTin. I managed to find the names of the victims. The guy from Toronto was a friend of my neighbour. I don't believe he had a rotary wing license.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jan/23/one-two-killed-helicopter-crash-identified-toronto/