By LCN Staff
The pilot of this OH-58 helicopter, registed to Whitefield-based Maine Helicopters, Inc., was able to walk away under his own power after the machine crashed in the woods the afternoon of May 30. (D. Lobkowicz photo) |
Updated May 30 at 4:50 p.m.
The pilot of a helicopter that crashed in the woods of Whitefield was able to walk out under his own power.
The male pilot, who remains unidentified as of this posting, had visible cuts on his face. The pilot was coherent and politely declined to speak to The Lincoln County
News reporter on the scene.
The helicopter, identified by its serial number as an OH-58 model produced by Garlick Helicopters, Inc. and registered to Whitefield-based Maine Helicopters Inc., crashed in a
wooded area near 100 East River Road.
Personnel on scene have secured the helicopter.
Kathleen Woodbury, who lives at the property, went looking for the crash after she heard the helicopter go down.
“I was out here doing some yard work, heard the engine stop” and it was followed by a “crash-crunch, like he was crashing through trees,” Woodbury said.
Woodbury found the pilot near her tree stand, waving her down.
“I just followed my trail and prayed, prayed to God he was okay and I’d find him,” she said.
The Maine Forest Service, Lincoln Sheriff’s Office and Whitefield Fire Department responded to the scene.
