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Bell 429 crash near Georgetown, Delaware, United States

fatal2016-07-111 fatality
Summary

The emergency response team's failure to ensure that the system operator was secured to the helicopter, which resulted in his fall during the recurrent rescue hoist training operation.

Incident details
Date
2016-07-11
Location
Georgetown, Delaware, United States
Aircraft
Bell 429
Operator
STATE OF DELAWARE
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
1
Injuries
0
Probable cause
Weather
Phase of flight
cruise
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗
38.6875, -75.3592
Quick stats
Severityfatal
Fatalities1
Injuries0
SourceNTSB CAROL
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