38.3720° N, 110.7135° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanksville, UT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 28, 1994
Place
Hanksville, UT
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7082J
Reported as
Bell 47G3B2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Helicopter pulling wires. Hook got caught on wires and pulled aircraft into mountain.
As the FAA filed it
HELICOPTER PULLING WIRES. HOOK GOT CAUGHT ON WIRES AND PULLED AIRCRAFT INTO MOUNTAIN.