Category: accidents_and_safety
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CAA Insight: Helicopter Struck Obscured Power Lines After Pilot Skipped Reconnaissance Flight
A Robinson R44 pilot spraying farmland struck obscured transmission lines on a fourth run, prompting a CAA safety insight urging pilots not to skip the reconnaissance flight.
TransportationAccidents and SafetyAgricultureEnergy Civil Aviation Authority of New ZealandRobinson R44agricultural sprayingtransmission linesaviation safetyreconnaissance flighthelicopter accident