ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363771
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| Date: | Monday 18 March 2024 |
| Time: | c. 17:23 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Signature Utility Services, LLC |
| Registration: | N102SU |
| MSN: | 700736D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Belleville, WV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | External load operation |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Hughes 369D, working on behalf of FirstEnergy to trim trees near Belleville, West Virginia, has crashed.
The pilot suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a hospital and the helicopter received substantial damage.
Sources:
https://wchstv.com/news/local/one-person-injured-in-helicopter-crash-in-wood-county
https://newsashgad.lighting/31stRpV51584Pklkz/
https://www.wsaz.com/2024/03/18/crews-respond-helicopter-crash/?fbclid=IwAR2tBFAM4KjJcAoYQ9NJk4sTdEiPG5tR-jTilfUMi3Rl-I5dODVKftF4dOE_aem_AQ-Y-eo0WjHbjv-dqPu0qf5kx52IMmmI4tQactHmFnb_16rwNT8Wxc_UtVW7xf2A1mA#ltxm1flnne9sm6na97e
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/wood-county-wv/crews-respond-to-wood-county-helicopter-crash/amp/
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:6477185398200::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:19-MAR-24,HUGHES
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1994 | N1088G | Highline Helicopters | 0 | Snoqualmie, WA | |
sub |
| 4 January 2007 | N1088G | Highline Helicopters | 0 | Lyman, Washington | |
sub |
Media:
BREAKING: One person hurt in helicopter crash in Wood County. @BobAaronWCHS is on the scene pic.twitter.com/vqFRWFDWG2
— Leslie Rubin (@LeslieRubinWCHS) March 18, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2024 05:35 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 19-Mar-2024 06:07 | ASN | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2024 06:09 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 19-Mar-2024 06:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2024 12:34 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Mar-2024 13:19 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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