Helicopter accident near the Prineville airport injured two

A helicopter accident near the Prineville Airport on Saturday morning was seriously injured the pilot and his passenger.

The helicopter crashed in an open field about 200 meters south of the Houston Lake Road in the region of the Crook County landfill. No ground injuries or damage to property were reported.

When rescue workers arrived, they discovered an 80-year-old male pilot and a 46-year-old male passenger. Both people were flown to bend for medical treatment. A Gofundme account from Shannon Wackerman identifies the passenger than Dan Wackerman.

According to the post office, Wackerman taught a friend how to put the helicopter at the time of the crash. The post also says the pilot Died shortly after his arrival in the hospital and this Wackerman is on a ventilation device with severe brain and spine injuries. The donation goal set at the Gofundme Post is $ 50,000.

“Today he is still sedated, on the ventilation device and is waiting for further operations,” says the post office. “We have so many strangers to overcome them. The greatest of all, who will be when he wakes up?

According to the provisional report of the Federal Aviation Administration, the helicopter was a 2022-DB-Aerocopter AK1-3, a Ukrainian helicopter with two seats with a subaru engine. It is registered with James Scheller from Powell Butte.

The investigation was handed over to the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.