CBS Sky 12 | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:37:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Longtime Traffic Guy Paul Cavanaugh Survives Hard Landing, Broken Chopper https://airflightdisaster.com/longtime-traffic-guy-paul-cavanaugh-survives-hard-landing-broken-chopper/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:28:21 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=1313 What: CBS Sky 12 Bell Ranger III traffic helicopter Where: 1000 W. Industrial Avenue When: Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 6:11 a.m Who: Pilot, Takayuki Tanaka and television and radio traffic reporter Paul Cavanaugh, both transported to Bethesda Hospital with minor injuries. Why: After the pilot reported an engine problem, he attempted to land at...

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What: CBS Sky 12 Bell Ranger III traffic helicopter
Where: 1000 W. Industrial Avenue
When: Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 6:11 a.m
Who: Pilot, Takayuki Tanaka and television and radio traffic reporter Paul Cavanaugh, both transported to Bethesda Hospital with minor injuries.
Why: After the pilot reported an engine problem, he attempted to land at a Boynton Beach industrial park. Witnesses said the helicopter”did not have full power.”

The rear rotor assembly was cutoff at mid-shaft. The news organization calls this incident a “hard landing”

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