South Maroota NSW crash
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South Maroota NSW crash
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Skynews reporting that the pilot died, aged in his 60s he was the sole occupant.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia...9e370d357720df
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia...9e370d357720df
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Quite a sad surprise on the news today, it was shown to be a LongRanger. The 7 News chopper was operating nearby and saw smoke coming up from a treeline, went over and discovered the wreckage freshly ablaze. They set down and went over with the camera crew in tow but nothing could be done.
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Some nasty HT wires in that area
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Originally Posted by megan
Airborne video showed the aircraft crashed in a clear way running through forested country as you would expect around HT lines. Didn't notice any lines in the brief clip, probably more focused on the aircraft.
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Yes I was surprised they played that clip. Not really appropriate in my opinion. I found it hard to watch seeing AM walking around the crash and possibly knowing the pilot is somewhere amongst it. I however believe he landed to render assistance which any of us would do. I just don’t think that clip should have been broadcast.
Originally Posted by KRviator
There's two clips I've seen, one shot airborne, one from the Channel 7 cameraman on the ground and at the wreckage - and I'm not overly fond of that clip, TBH knowing another pilot died only minutes earlier there...But I didn't see any evidence of powerlines, either HV or LV in either clip. Not to say there weren't powerlines there, just I didn't see any in either clip...
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Originally Posted by wombat watcher
All the news references are to it being a Bell 206L.
CASA register show him owning a Huey. Old vision shows his helo as a Huey.
are the references incorrect?
CASA register show him owning a Huey. Old vision shows his helo as a Huey.
are the references incorrect?
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I think he may have been cross hiring it ( 206L1) from my sources.
Originally Posted by wombat watcher
All the news references are to it being a Bell 206L.
CASA register show him owning a Huey. Old vision shows his helo as a Huey.
are the references incorrect?
CASA register show him owning a Huey. Old vision shows his helo as a Huey.
are the references incorrect?
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Odd that the rear LongRanger door has detached like that - the front part of the rear door is held on by pip pins, and the back part is pinned to the front bit, but the whole door section has departed in one piece. So the front pins and the rear latch have both let go.
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If you search the Australian aircraft register, of the small number of helicopters with "NSW Helicopters Pty Ltd" as the Registered Operator, VH-ZMF is the only Bell 206L-1 and AustAirData shows it in scheme as seen in image of door posted by KRviator. A Polish aviation magazine website is indicating the crashed helicopter is VH-ZMF but not sure if they managed to get the information first hand from somewhere, or also by the above process. I replayed aircraft movements in the area via FlightRadar24 and the NSW Police Bell 412 made repeated passes and orbits over the scene, perhaps to gather information to support ATSB accident investigation??
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Originally Posted by rotaryman
The aircraft was a UH1 Huey.. Power lines played no part In the accident.
Terrible accident in any case. No matter the cause or type.
RIP.
