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Shenandoah Crash Fatalities Named in Mid-Air Collision

GJHatcher — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:42:26 +0000

What: Cessna 172H
Where: Staunton, Virginia
When: Dec 31, 2010, 2 pm
Who: 2 fatalities, 2 aboard.
Why: AirCare 5, a medical-evacuation Eurocopter EC135 bumped off the Cessna’s left wing, after which the Cessna crashed, killing the two aboard.

The registered owner of the plane is Michael W. Price of Elkton, Va. The victims were Jason Allen Long, 32, of Edinburg, and Jacob Houston Kiser, 19, of Grottoes.

Three people, pilot Paul Weve, co-pilot and flight nurse Joseph Root and flight nurse Carolyn Booke were aboard the Eurocopter, which landed safely. They had just dropped off a patient at the University of Virginia Medical Center. PHI Inc. of Lafayette, Louisiana owns the helicopter which is based at Weyers Cave Airport. The helicopter pilot has been praised in the media for making an amazing landing.

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is 30 miles northwest of Charlottesville. SHD is an “uncontrolled airport” with no air traffic control tower.

FAA:DESCRIPTION N385PH PHI INC AIRCARE FLIGHT 5 EUROCOPTER EC135 ROTORCRAFT COLLIDED MIDAIR WITH N2876L CESSNA C172 AIRCRAFT UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS IN N2876L CESSNA C172 AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED WHEN IT CRASHED IN A FIELD, THE N385PH ROTORCRAFT LANDED WITH NO INJURIES, SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, WEYERS CAVE, VA

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Crashed Cessna Grazed Med-Evac Chopper

GJHatcher — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:08:04 +0000

What: Cessna 172H
Where: Staunton, Virginia
When: Dec 31, 2010, 2 pm
Who: 2 fatalities, 2 aboard.
Why: As the privately owned Cessna was departing Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, half of a mile from the airport, the plane grazed the top of AirCare 5, a medical-evacuation Eurocopter EC135 and the Cessna crashed, killing the two aboard.

The registered owner of the plane is Michael W. Price of Elkton, Va.

Three people, pilot Paul Weve, co-pilot and flight nurse Joseph Root and flight nurse Carolyn Booke were aboard the helicopter, which landed safely. They had just dropped off a patient at the University of Virginia Medical Center. PHI Inc. of Lafayette, Louisiana owns the helicopter which is based at Weyers Cave Airport.

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is 30 miles northwest of Charlottesville. SHD is an “uncontrolled airport” with no air traffic control tower.

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PHI Medical Evacuation Emergency Landing

GJHatcher — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:19:44 +0000

What: PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter
Where: emergency landing about 11 miles south of Lafayette–a parking lot at U.S. 231 and Indiana 28 in Romney
When: Monday afternoon
Who: A pilot, nurse, paramedic and patient
Why: The PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter a patient when it was forced to land due to a mechanical problem Monday afternoon. An ambulance carried the patient to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Lafayette.

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