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Aviation accident ERA22LA229

NONE · MESSERSCHMITT-BOLKOW-BLOHM BK 117 B-2 · 2022-05-14 · Rochester, NY, USA

Event

NTSB number: ERA22LA229
Event ID: 20220516105085
Type: Accident
Date: 2022-05-14
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
Coordinates: 43.123253, -77.624122

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 3
Total aboard: 3

Aircraft

Make: MESSERSCHMITT-BOLKOW-BLOHM
Model: BK 117 B-2
Registration: N370SS
FAR Part: 135
Engines: 2
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DUSK
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

An unintentional movement of the cyclic control before takeoff, which resulted the main rotor blades contacting the fixed wire cutter.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown