Sunday, December 09, 2012

Robinson R-44: Pilot killed in New South Wales helicopter crash

A police guard remains at the site of a helicopter crash, near Mudgee, in the central-west of NSW, in which a man died.

Emergency services were alerted to the crash about 11am today when the wreckage of the Robinson R-44 was found in steep and rugged bushland at Grattai, about 25km south-west of Mudgee.

The pilot, a 48-year-old man from the local area, died at the scene.

A crime scene was established and has been preserved overnight; it will be examined by NSW Police Force air crash investigators and officials from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) tomorrow.

It’s believed the man was spraying weeds.

Police will be preparing a report for the information of the Coroner.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au

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