NOUS56 KEKA 312110
OAVEKA
NOTIFICATION REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
210 PM PDT TUE MAY 31 2011
FROM:           AYLWARD FORECASTER WFO EUREKA, CA
SUBJECT:        AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, ~2 MILES WEST OF WEAVERVILLE, CA, 05/27/2011
EVENT:          FOR THE RECORD
                INCIDENT TIME...2130 UTC 
                PILOT...........UNKNOWN
                ACFT TYPE.......2-SEAT BRANTLEY B2 HELICOPTER
                REG NMBR........UNKNOWN
DEATHS:         1
INJURIES:       0
OBSERVATION: 	CTOMS - OREGON MOUNTAIN CALTRANS SITE
 		19:50 UTC T:54 RH:36 WIND SPEED:220 @ 11.2G18 MPH
		20:05 UTC T:54 RH:36 WIND SPEED:225 @ 9.3G20.5 MPH
		20:20 UTC T:53.5 RH:37 WIND SPEED:245 @9 .9G18.6 MPH
		20:35 UTC T:55.6 RH:36 WIND SPEED:230 @ 7.5G16.2 MPH
		20:50 UTC T:54.5 RH:36 WIND SPEED:250 @ 12.4G19.9 MPH
		21:05 UTC T:54.5 RH:38 WIND SPEED:240 @ 7.5G17.4 MPH
		KO54 LONNIE POOL FIELD WEAVERVILLE, CA
		19:55 UTC T:57 RH:36 WIND SPEED:SW @ 10 MPH SCT065
		20:15 UTC T:57 RH:36 WIND SPEED:WSW @ 8G5 MPH FEW055 BKN065
  		20:35 UTC T:59 RH:36 WIND SPEED:W @ 12G18 MPH FEW065
		21:15 UTC T:59 RH:32 WIND SPEED:WSW @ 10G17 MPH CLR
TAF:            
WINDS ALOFT:     WINDS NOT AVAILABLE. 
IN FLIGHT
ADVYS:          N/A
COMMENTS:       STUDENT PILOT CRASHED IN THE OREGON MOUNTAIN REGION WEST
		OF WEAVERVILLE CALIFORNIA. ONE FATALITY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
		BY THE NTSB. ACCIDENT DISCOVERED THROUGH REDDING MEDIA ON
		MAY 31.
SYSTEM:         ALL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY
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