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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Beauxbridge, LA · March 15, 2001

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Date: March 15, 2001 · 13:55 local
Place: Beauxbridge, LA
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The sole witness to the fatal mishap is the pilot of the helicopter who intended an aerial pick up of the lineman from the pole crossmember. According to the pilot, the untethered lineman inexplicably stood erect on the crossmember as the helicopter approached for the intended transfer to the helicopter, lost his balance and fell to his death after breifly grasping the skids of the helicopter. Amended on basis of NTSB decision to associate the death of the workman as aviation fatality and accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE SOLE WITNESS TO THE FATAL MISHAP IS THE PILOT OF THE HELICOPTER WHO INTENDED AN AERIAL PICK UP OF THE LINEMAN FROM THE POLE CROSSMEMBER. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE UNTETHERED LINEMAN INEXPLICABLY STOOD ERECT ON THE CROSSMEMBER AS THE HELICOPTER APPROACHED FOR THE INTENDED TRANSFER TO THE HELICOPTER, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO HIS DEATH AFTER BREIFLY GRASPING THE SKIDS OF THE HELICOPTER. AMENDED ON BASIS OF NTSB DECISION TO ASSOCIATE THE DEATH OF THE WORKMAN AS AVIATION FATALITY AND ACCIDENT.