COPTER MAKES FORCED LANDING NO INJURIES AFTER POWER WAS LOST.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - A student pilot flying a helicopter to Piru to practice emergency landings Thursday was forced to land on a Calgrove Boulevard freeway off-ramp after it lost power. Kerry Mulholland, 35, was flying the helicopter from Group 3 Aviation at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. about 1:45 p.m. over the southbound lane of the Golden State (5) Freeway when the student pilot and trainer heard a loud bang in the engine and lost power, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the California Highway Patrol. Robert Satz, 38, took over control of the helicopter and allowed it to float down in an auto-rotation, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan spokesman Doug Sweeney. It landed safely and no one was injured. The southbound off-ramp of Calgrove Boulevard was closed for about an hour, Sweeney said. Officials then wheeled the helicopter off to the side of the freeway. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control is investigating what caused the helicopter to lose power. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing after losing power sits alongside The Old Road after being towed off a Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. off-ramp. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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