1 fatal – owner Chris Watts aged 45.  A fixed wing pilot flying in the area reported this online “There was a lot of horrible, low drifting clag about with drizzle and the situation was rapidly changing.”  Caught fire on crash landing.

Date:

24 July, 2011

Model:

R44

Location:

about five miles from Bude between Marhamchurch and Week St Mary, Cornwall

Country:

UK

Civil / Military:

Civil

Fatalities:

1

Link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14270383

Link:

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/458333-crash-near-bude-cornwall-24th-july-2011-a.html

Link:

http://www.cornwallcommunitynews.co.uk/2011/07/24/man-killed-in-cornish-copter-crash/