Bell | Emergency | Helicopter
Longtime Traffic Guy Paul Cavanaugh Survives Hard Landing, Broken Chopper
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”