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Wed, Jun 27, 2007

Bell 206 Rolls During Flight Lesson

Suspected Wind Gust Caused Skid To Touch Ground

A helicopter flight lesson got a little topsy-turvy at the University of North Dakota on Tuesday.

Flight instructor Michael Coleman and student Talal Alajmi were believed to be hovering about three feet up in a 1987 Bell 206 (type shown above) preparing for takeoff when one of the skids contacted the ground causing the aircraft to roll.

Neither student nor the instructor was injured, said Dana Siewert, director of aviation safety for UND Aerospace, to The Associated Press.

The accident happened Thursday afternoon during an instruction flight near the Grand Forks International Airport on the UND flight grounds

"We don't know if that's exactly what happened," Siewert said. It appeared to be a "dynamic rollover" as evidenced by the skid marks on the ground, he said.

UND spokesman Peter Johnson said a gust of wind is what caused the skid to touch down.

"The wind was out of the west, gusting up to 22 mph, considered within the limits for operating a helicopter," he said.

The helo, worth an estimated $500,000 was totaled.

FMI: www.und.nodak.edu

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