the bucket and longline become tangled in trees at the edge of a clearing, followed by the helicopter colliding with terrain. The pilot was fatally injured and the helicopter was destroyed.
- Date
- August 17, 2018
- Reg
- VH-JWB
- Make
- Eurocopter
- Model
- BK117
- MSN
- 1094
- Location
- Milton Showgrounds, Ulladulla
- Country
- Australia
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 1
- Operator
- Sydney-Helicopters
- Link 1
- http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2018/aair/ao-2018-057/
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