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...this all looks rather expensive at https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/345855 / https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/65493 ... -wins.htmlDate: Friday 22 September 2023
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Type: Sikorsky S-92A
Owner/operator:
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location: Denham Springs, LA
A Sikorsky S-92A being transported by road got lodged underneath a road bridge in Louisiana. The main rotor head and gesr box were knocked off.
A vehicle towing a $30 million helicopter
got stuck on Range Avenue
after the top of the aircraft inadvertently rammed an I-12 overpass Friday morning.
Photographs showed the helicopter on top of a towing trailer wedged under the overpass.
It appeared the craft's rotor collided with a support beam on the underside of the bridge.
The bridge passes 15 feet above the roadway, according to signage north and south of the span.
Technical specifications for the helicopter indicate its body is 15.5 feet tall.
The Denham Springs Police Department said the driver
worked for Texas-based trucking company International Machine Transport.
He was ticketed for careless operation.