R44 Down after wire strike North Dakota
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R44 Down after wire strike North Dakota
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Wells County, N.D. —The pilot of helicopter that crashed Wednesday morning in Wells County suffered only minor injuries. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at around 8:30 a.m., Michael Hamouz, 49, of Willowbrook, Ill., was spraying waterways in a 2007 Robinson R44 near Highway 52 when he attempted to go under the power lines on the east side of the roadway.
According to the report, the blades caught the bottom power line, causing the helicopter to crash in a field approximately 200 yards from the roadway, 4.5 miles south of Fessenden, N.D.
Hamouz was taken by ambulance as a precaution
Wells County, N.D. —The pilot of helicopter that crashed Wednesday morning in Wells County suffered only minor injuries. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at around 8:30 a.m., Michael Hamouz, 49, of Willowbrook, Ill., was spraying waterways in a 2007 Robinson R44 near Highway 52 when he attempted to go under the power lines on the east side of the roadway.
According to the report, the blades caught the bottom power line, causing the helicopter to crash in a field approximately 200 yards from the roadway, 4.5 miles south of Fessenden, N.D.
Hamouz was taken by ambulance as a precaution
