The West Australian online released the following report:
TWO men died when the helicopter they were using to muster cattle crashed at a remote station near Derby yesterday.
The crash occurred at Yukka Munga Station about 9.30am, killing the 28-year-old pilot, a contractor, and a 56-year-old passenger who worked at the station, about 90km south of Derby.
The helicopter was a Robinson R22 - a small, highly manoeuvrable, single engine, two-seater helicopter which is usually used for mustering stock or training.
Police said a second helicopter was flying nearby.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman said two crash investigators, from Perth and Canberra, were expected to arrive at the crash site about noon today.
He said the helicopter was being used to muster cattle before it crashed but the cause of the crash was not known.
A Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman said three Robinson R22 helicopters, excluding yesterday's incident, had crashed in the past five years.
The most recent crash involving a Robinson R22 was during a training flight south-west of Sydney in June. Both the instructor and student were killed. The CASA spokesman said Robinson R22 helicopters were generally reliable but all three previous crashes had been caused by the main rotor snapping.
CASA has since issued a mandate for the main rotors on the Robinson R22 to be replaced earlier than specified by the manufacturer until the problem has been investigated further.
"This accident will be of a great deal of interest until the cause is established," the spokesman said.
The names of the dead men were not released yesterday.
The crash of a Cessna 404 aircraft killed one man and critically injured another five at Jandakot Airport in August.
In March, a 60-year-old WA tourist died when his gyrocopter crashed near Rockhampton, Queensland.
Two men were killed and a third survived with serious injuries when their Bell 206 Jetranger helicopter crashed into a paddock near Bencubbin in January 2001.
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