Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
The NTSB has published findings on two helicopter accidents: a preliminary account of a fatal crash in Yosemite that notes earlier water-bucket problems and the aircraft’s final moments, and a final report on a May Dallas night takeoff in which a Bell 407’s tail rotor struck a rooftop surveillance camera. The reports describe separate events.
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The NTSB has published findings on two helicopter accidents: a preliminary account of a fatal crash in Yosemite that notes earlier water-bucket problems and the aircraft’s final moments, and a final report on a May Dallas night takeoff in which a Bell 407’s tail rotor struck a rooftop surveillance camera. The reports describe separate events.
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