Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Crop-Spraying Helicopter Pilot Killed
KENTUCKY...
Kentucky State Police say a Georgia helicopter pilot has been killed while spraying a field in western Kentucky. A news release from the KSP states 55-year-old Timothy E. Watson of Lawrenceville, Ga., was spraying fungicide and fertilizer late Monday afternoon on a farm field in Crittendon County when his helicopter struck power lines. The investigating trooper said the Robinson Model R44 helicopter came down about 200 feet from the utility lines and burned. Watson's body was found inside the cockpit. The KSP says investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are looking into the incident.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:08 PM 
