ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42636
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| Date: | Thursday 4 April 1991 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Bell 412SP |
| Owner/operator: | Sun Company |
| Registration: | N78S |
| MSN: | 33114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1841 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Merion, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia, PA (PHL) |
| Radnor, PA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Collided with Piper Aerostar 601 (N3645D) and both aircraft crashed in a school yard. Both pilots and the three occupants in the Aerostar, including Senator Henry John Heinz III (52) and two children on the ground were killed. The helicopter assisting the Aerostar to fix landing gear problems, when collision occured.
Sources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X16772&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Feb-2013 07:41 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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