NTSB report
NTSB Identification: CHI02LA232
Accident occurred Friday, August 02, 2002 at Rantoul, IL
Aircraft:Bell 412, registration: N464AC
Injuries: 1 Fatal, 10 Uninjured.
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On August 2, 2002, at 1952 central daylight time, a Bell 412, N464AC, piloted by an airline transport pilot, was taking off from the Rantoul National Aviation Center-Frank Elliot Field Airport (TIP), Rantoul Illinois, with a load of skydivers, when its tail rotor struck a photographer on the ground. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 business flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and nine passengers were uninjured. The photographer was fatally injured. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.