Parts of the helicopter wreckage was then seen falling into the ocean. Robinson R44, N144KW, tail boom assembly (US Coast Guard Photo)© U.S. Coast Guard ...

Beginning in the mid-1950s, most new helicopter designs utilized gas-turbine engines in place of reciprocating (piston) models. When Frank Robinson introduced the R44 in 1992, he altered this trend in ...

A pilot and one passenger, presumably Schulte, died in the crash, Alaska Public Media reported. The NTSB investigators were on scene, which is only accessible by helicopter, on Friday, June 6, the ...

According to the report, the Robinson R44 Raven II operated by Aloha Helicopter Tours, broke up in-flight likely due to turbulence caused by downdraft winds. The report classed the defining event ...