NOUS55 KLKN 190204
OAVLKN
                        DATE: 1800 HOURS PST MONDAY FEBRUARY 18 2013
MEMORANDUM FOR:         THE RECORD
FROM:                   BRIAN BOYD LEAD FORECASTER WFO ELKO NEVADA
SUBJECT:                AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
                        1500 PST MONDAY FEBRUARY 18 2013
                        50 MILES WEST OF ELY, NEVADA
EVENT:                  ACCIDENT INFORMATION:  FROM FAA REPORT...AIRCRAFT
                        OPERATING FOR A BLM CONTRACT WAS GRASS SEEDING FOR A 
                        FIRE PROJECT AND STRUCK A POWER LINE APPROXIMATELY 
                        50 MILES WEST OF ELY, NEVADA AT APPROXIMATELY 1455 
                        HOURS PST. ONE SOUL ON BOARD. CONFIRMED FATALLY 
                        INJURED.
                        
                        PERSONS ON BOARD.......1
                        PILOT NAME.............TED MCBRIDE                                               
                        AIRCRAFT TYPE..........BELL 206B ROTORCRAFT                                               REGISTRATION 
                        REGISTRATION NUMBER....N20620                                                
                        TIME...................1455 HOURS PST
OFFICE:                 WFO LKN
DEATHS:                 1
INJURIES:               0
OBSERVATIONS:           METAR KELY 182253Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 06/M11 
                        A2992 RMK AO2 SLP143 T00611106 $
NEAREST TAF:            KELY 181721Z 1818/1918 VRB06KT P6SM SCT150 BKN180
                        FM182000 18010G20KT P6SM BKN200
                        FM190400 18015G25KT P6SM BKN180
                        FM191600 18020G30KT P6SM SCT050 BKN080
                        
                        AMENDMENT:
                        KELY 182223Z 1822/1918 18011KT P6SM BKN180
                        FM191600 18020G30KT P6SM SCT050 BKN080
IN FLIGHT:              NO IN-FLIGHT ADVISORIES REPORTED. 
                             
COMMENTS:		VISIBLE AND INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED 
                        VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN
                        CLOUDS BETWEEN 15000 AND 25000 FEET MSL...FROM 
                        ROUGHLY US HIGHWAY 50 NORTH IN WHITE PINE COUNTY.
                        WINDS FROM KEKO SOUNDING INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 17
                        KNOTS FROM 220 DEGREES AT APPR. 1530 HOURS PST.
SYSTEMS:                SATELLITE AND WSR-88D EQUIPMENT WERE FUNCTIONING 
                        NORMALLY.