IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 27AT Make/Model: R22 Description: ROBINSON R22
Date: 12/23/2012 Time: 1631
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: CORCORAN State: MN Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N27AT ROBINSON R22 ROTORCRAFT CRASHED ON LANDING AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE,
CORCORAN, MN
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: MINNEAPOLIS, MN (GL15) Entry date: 12/26/2012
Nils T. Svard , 68, of Minneapolis suffered minor injuries Sunday when the private helicopter he was piloting burned upon landing in Corcoran, where he’d flown to visit his grandchildren, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 68-year-old grandfather was injured Sunday in a helicopter accident in Corcoran.
Police say the man was on his way to visit his grandkids when the accident occurred. Corcoran Police, Rogers Police, Rogers Fire and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a single-engine helicopter crash around 10:30 a.m.
Officers say when the helicopter landed on the helipad at a private residence, it started to spin and the tail hit a nearby unoccupied trailer and caught on fire.
The victim’s son, Stefan Svard, witnessed the incident.
“Within a few seconds the fire started, I ran out with extinguisher,” said Svard. “We got him out. We got his jacket off that was burning. Like I said, he’s just fine, but my extinguisher is no match for 20 gallons of fuel.”
Crews removed the man from the helicopter. They say he suffered minor burns in the incident.
Svard says the chopper is a Robbinson 22 and that his dad is a seasoned pilot.
The FAA is investigating the incident.
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CORCORAN, Minn. (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a helicopter caught fire after landing at a private home in Corcoran.
Maj. Tracey Martin says the pilot had just landed on a helipad at his son's home around 10:30 a.m. Sunday when the helicopter started to spin and then collided with a nearby unoccupied trailer. The helicopter then caught fire.
The son says he heard the crash and ran out to his backyard. He used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames on his father's clothing . The helicopter fire was too large to contain and was left to burn.
Sheriff's officials say no other structures were damaged.
No one else was on board.
The pilot was examined by a paramedic at the scene for minor injuries.
The Star Tribune says the pilot is a 68-year-old Minneapolis grandfather who had flown to see his grandchildren.
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