Hertford, USA
Helicopter Accident, 2017
Hertford, USA
An EC145 made a transfer on the 8th September 2017 from Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City, NC. The helicopter from air ambulance crashed at 11:20 local time into a field close to a wind farm near Hertford, North Carolina, USA.
Several witnesses observed the helicopter in flight, reporting a smoke trail shortly before the accident occurred. The helicopter was equipped with a flight-data system, but no data could be retrieved.
The flightpath could be reconstructed, by using the iwi-methodology, based on the witness statements combined with data from the sky-connect tracker.
The NTSB published its final report in February 2021, concluding that the number 2 engine had a technical failure. The analysis of the wreckage and the reconstructed iwi® flight path accord, that the helicopter started to fall almost vertically at 500 feet AGL.
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95967
Several witnesses observed the helicopter in flight, reporting a smoke trail shortly before the accident occurred. The helicopter was equipped with a flight-data system, but no data could be retrieved.
The flightpath could be reconstructed, by using the iwi-methodology, based on the witness statements combined with data from the sky-connect tracker.
The NTSB published its final report in February 2021, concluding that the number 2 engine had a technical failure. The analysis of the wreckage and the reconstructed iwi® flight path accord, that the helicopter started to fall almost vertically at 500 feet AGL.
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95967
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