Accident | |
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Date | July 27, 2007 |
Summary | Mid-air collision due to pilot error |
Site | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. 33°29′48″N 112°4′14″W / 33.49667°N 112.07056°W |
Total fatalities | 4 (all) |
Total injuries | 0 |
Total survivors | 0 |
First aircraft | |
N215TV, the Eurocopter AS-350 B2 involved in the accident, in May 2005 | |
Type | Eurocopter AS-350 B2[1] |
Name | Chopper15 |
Operator | KNXV-TV |
Registration | N215TV[2] |
Occupants | 2 |
Passengers | 1 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
N613TV, the Eurocopter AS-350 involved in the accident, in February 2007 | |
Type | Eurocopter AS-350 |
Name | Newschopper3 |
Operator | KTVK |
Registration | N613TV[3] |
Occupants | 2 |
Passengers | 1 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
On July 27, 2007, two AS-350 AStar helicopters from television stations KNXV-TV and KTVK collided in mid-air over Phoenix, Arizona, United States, while covering a police pursuit.[4][5] On board the two aircraft were four people in total – pilot Craig Smith and photographer Rick Krolak from KNXV, and pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox from KTVK – all of whom were killed, while no casualties were reported on the ground.[6]