Copter crash-lands after base refuses to help

[unhappycamper]

Copter crash-lands after base refuses to help
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 7, 2008 11:43:03 EDT

DENVER — A two-seat civilian helicopter crash-landed Wednesday after the pilot was denied permission to refuel at Buckley Air Force Base, but no one was injured, a passenger said.

Buckley spokesman John Spann said the pilot asked to land at the base in the east Denver suburb of Aurora but was turned away because he did not declare an emergency.

“If he declared an in-flight emergency, then yes, he could come to Buckley and we could have gotten him gas,” Spann said.

Neither the name of the pilot nor the company operating the Engstrom 280FX helicopter could be confirmed.

Freelance photographer Bill Ross, who was on the flight, said he and the pilot had finished a commercial photo shoot near Denver International Airport and were returning to Centennial Airport when the engine sputtered and stopped.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_helicoptercrash_080608/

[billyoc]

1. "Running out of gas while flying a helicopter is an emergency."

First day of helicopter school. :eyes: