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Tahlequah OK: Robinson Crash



Pictured: a Robinson R-22 Beta
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Contact photographer Danny Fritsche

What: Robinson model R22 Beta helicopter en route from Tahlequah City Airport
Where: south of Mud Valley Road in rural Cherokee County Oklahoma, two miles south of the Tahlequah airport.
When: 4:30 a.m. Thursday
Who: pilot Mark Mahaney, 26; Darci Scraper, 20.
Why: The exact time of the crash is not known, but the pilot and passenger were scheduled to meet someone at the airport. The wreckage was found at 8:45 a.m. Friday. The helicopter is known to have taken off at 4 a.m. Wednesday, and flew southeast before striking the ground in a wooded area about a mile from the road.

Mahaney received his pilot’s license on July 31. He had a two year old public intoxication charge, pending DUI charges in Cherokee, and is the grandson of former state Sen. Herb Rozell of Tahlequah.

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