HeliHub.com : 29-Jul-13 N31HM MD Helicopters MD500D Smithfield, US-West Virginia

29-Jul-13 N31HM MD Helicopters MD500D Smithfield, US-West Virginia

Force landing – serious damage after it fell onto its side in wooded area, tail separate from boom

Date:: 29 July, 2013
Reg:: N31HM
Make:: MD Helicopters
Model:: MD500D
MSN:: 0027D
Location:: in the Archer's Fork area near Smithfield.
Country:: US-West Virginia
Civil / Military:: Civil
Link:: http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:96:::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:30-JUL-13,HUGHES
Link:: http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=Helicopter-Crashes-in-Wetzel-County-Pilot-Walks-Away11031
Link:: http://www.wboy.com/story/22958258/helicopter-crashes-in-wetzel-county-pilot-survives