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Tmcpah, Nevada 89049

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O / LOUGHRY, RICHARD ODELL DOB: w S S # : - LAS VEGAS, NV 89131 FI

REPORTING OFFICER

O / SPANKOWSKI, VIC COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER PILOT

1451 E. FORT CHURCHILL RD. PAHRUMP, NV 89060

I.D. I DATEOFREPORT 1 APPROVED BY DATE

O / FARTHING, HEATHER LEE DOB: N/A ss# N/A NYE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICER DISPATCH (775) 751-7000

JACK W. HENNIGAN 41977 112600

O / DENNIS, NICHOLE DAWN DOB: N/A S S # : N/A

NYE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DISPATCH (775) 751-7000

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EVIDENCE: 120 PHOTOGRAPHS

ON 111300 I RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF HAFFEN RANCH RD. AND MARY LOU

PERTAINING TO A HELICOPTER CRASH INVOLVING FLIGHT FOR LIFE, LIFEGUARD 2.

UPON MY ARRIVAL AT APPROXIMATELY 2112 HRS. DEPUTY J. MOORE, DEPUTY R. ROBERT

DEPUTY S. ARRENDALE, DEPUTY SGT. B. BALDING AND ASSISTANT SHERIFF R. MARSHALL WERE

AT THE SCENE ALONG WITH PAHRUMP FIRE AND RESCUE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE.

I FIRST OBSERVED A FLIGHT FOR LIFE HELICOPTER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE TO THE EAST OF HAFFEN RANCH RD. PAHRUMP FIRE AND RESCUE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE PERSONNEL WERE

AROUND THE HELICOPTER ASSISTING CREW MEMBER OUT OF THE HELICOPTER AND THE FIRE

CREW WAS MONITORING THE AREA AROUND THE HELICOPTER FOR POSSIBLE FIRE.

THE SCENE WAS SECURED ONCE THE CREW WAS REMOVED AND THE NYE COUNTY SHERIFF'S


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AT APPROXIMATELY 2116 HRS. I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT RICHARD LOUGHRY WHO WAS A

PASSENGER IN THE HELICOPTER. HE AGREED TO AN INTERVIEW WITH ME.


MR. LOUGHRY STATED HE WAS THE FORWARD FACING CREW MEMBER AS A PARAMEDIC. HE GAVE

ME A TAPED STATEMENT PERTAINING TO HIS OBSERVATIONS AS THE FLIGHT WENT DOWN.

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A WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS THEN OBTAINED FROM JAMES S. PERRY WHO WAS PART OF THE

AMBULANCE CREW WHO WAS ON THE SCENE AND HAD REQUESTED LIFEGUARD 2 TO RESPOND TO

THERE LOCATION PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. MR. PERRY HAD SET UP THE LANDING ZONE FOR 1 ,TFEGIlARn 7.

ACCORDING TO MR. PERRY, HE HAD THE LANDING ZONE SET UP AND THE HELICOPTER WAS

EXPECTED TO LAND ON MARY LOU EAST OF THE AMBULANCE. AS THE LANDING ZONE WAS

ESTABLISHED, A SMALL CAR DROVE ONTO MARY LOU FROM THE EAST IN A WEST BOUND

DIRECTION. MR. PERRY STOPPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE SECOND RESIDENCE WEST OF

HAFFEN RANCH AND PRIOR TO THE LANDING ZONE. THERE WAS COMMUNICATION WITH THE

PILOT WHO WISHED THE VEHICLE BE MOVED AND WHEN MR. PERRY WAS RELAYING THIS

INFORMATION TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, HE OBSERVED LIFEGUARD 2 TURN HARD TO THE

EAST FROM ITS POSITION OVER THE HOUSES, POINTING SOUTH. THE HELICOPTER APPEARED

TO GAIN IN ELEVATION WHILE MAKING THE TURN THEN DROPPING PAST THE HOMES TOWARDS

THE POWER LINES A N D HE LOST SIGHT OF IT. THE HELICOPTER THEN CAME BACK UP INTO

HIS SIGHT AND IT APPEARED TO BE POINTING SOUTH AGAIN AND THEN IT DROPPED OUT OF

SIGHT AGAIN. MR. PERRY THEN HEARD THE CRASH AND SAW DIRT A N D DEBRIS FLYING UPWARD L. V I


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5960 MARY LOU BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON THE EAST END OF THE LANDING ZONE. THE TRACKS ON

THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD FOR THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION ARE IN FRONT OF 5960 MARY LOU

AND APPROXIMATELY 201'4" EAST OF THE AMBULANCE WHICH WOULD ALLOW A SPACE EXCEEDING

200' FOR THE FLIGHT FOR LIFE HELICOPTER TO LAND. THE HELICOPTER WAS IN THE DESERT

TO THE EAST OF HAFFEN RANCH ROAD AND TRIAGULATION MEASUREMENTS FROM MARY LOU AND

GRAIN MILL ROAD (FIRST STREET NORTH OF MARY LOU AND INTERSECTING WITH HAFFEN RANCH

RD.IARE APPROXIMATELY 296'4" SOUTH/EAST OF GRAIN MILL RD. AND APPROXIMATELY 324'1"

NORTH/EAST OF MARY LOU. THE FARTHEST DISPLACED PIECES OF HELICOPTER WERE A SMALL

SECTION OF ROTOR BLADE APPROXIMATELY 133'4" TO THE SOUTH OF THE TOP CENTER PORTION

OF THE HELICOPTER AND A SECTION OF PLEXIGLAS WAS APPROXIMATELY 137'5" WEST OF THE

FRONT OF THE HELICOPTER. THERE ARE POWER LINES POSITIONED PARALLEL TO HAFFEN

RANCH ROAD CONSISTING OF FOUR ( 4 ) WIRES OF WHICH THE CENTER ONE IS APPROXIMATELY

33'8" FROM THE EAST EDGE OF THE ASPHALT OF HAFFEN RANCH RD.

I OBTAINED A DIAGRAM FROM SCOTT PERRY DESCRIBING WHAT HE HAD OBSERVED.

ON 112000 I LOCATED THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS ON MARY LOU THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE NAME OF THE DRIVER IS PEGGY TUDOR. MS. TUDOR AGREED TO GIVE ME

A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF HER ACTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS.

ACCORDING TO MS. TUDOR, ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 HRS. SHE

RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL AT HER RESIDENCE FROM HER STEPFATHER THAT HER MOTHER WAS

GOING TO GO BY AMBULANCE DUE TO A MEDICAL PROBLEM. SHE LEFT HER RESIDENCE AND

STOPPED TO GET HER DAUGHTER AND THEN WAS ENROUTE TO 5920 MARY LOU. WHEN SHE

TURNED HER VEHICLE ONTO MARY LOU, SHE SAW A "MAN IN THE STREET" AND SHE STOPPED

THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE SECOND RESIDENCE WEST OF HAFFEN RANCH RD. THE MAN

APPROACHED HER VEHICLE WHILE TALKING ON A PORTABLE RADIO. THE MAN TOLD ME "I

THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE". HE WAS TALKING ON THE RADIO SO SHE WAITED. MS.

TUDOR OBSERVED THE MAN LOOKING UP IN THE SKY AND SHE COULD HEAR A HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, THEN SHE HEARD A CRASH. MS. TUDOR ADVISED SHE NEVER DID SEE THE

HELICOPTER UNTIL AFTER THE CRASH. SHE RAN TO THE HELICOPTER AND SHE OBSERVED

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ACCORDING TO MS. PETERSON, SHE HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY HER MOTHER THE NIGHT OF THE

INCIDENT AND WAS ENROUTE TO HER GRANDMOTHER'S RESIDENCE ON MARY LOU. THEY WERE

AWARE THAT FLIGHT FOR LIFE WAS ENROUTE SO SHE WAS WATCHING FOR THE HELICOPTER. AS

THEY WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON S.R. 160 SHE COULD SEE THE HELICOPTER TO HER WEST AND

AT THAT TIME IT WAS A "BIT BEHIND US". ONCE THEY TURNED ONTO HAFFEN RANCH, SHE

LOST SIGHT OF THE HELICOPTER. THEY CONTINUED SOUTH ON HAFFEN RANCH RD. AND TURNED

RIGHT (WEST) ONTO MARY LOU AND SHE SAW THE AMBULANCE IN FRONT OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S

RESIDENCE (5920 MARY LOU). THEY PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO

ASK THE MAN WHO WAS STANDING THERE IN THE ROADWAY IF THEY WERE OUT OF THE WAY. HE

WAS AT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW TALKING ON HIS RADIO. "ALL OF A SUDDEN" SHE HEARD

THE HELICOPTER CRASH BEHIND THE VEHICLE. MS. PETERSON ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT

HEAR OF SEE ANY HELICOPTER ATTEMPT TO LAND ANYWHERE IN THEIR AREA PRIOR TO THE

CRASH. SHE DID NOT FEEL ANY DOWN DRAFT OR DIRT MOVING IN FRONT OF THEM WHICH SHE

KNOWS IN COMMON IN THIS AREA WHEN HELICOPTERS LAND.

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ON 112200 I HAD CONVERSATION WITH VIC SPANKOWSKI WHO IS A COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER

PILOT. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I HAD SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS

ACCIDENT BECAUSE MY KNOWLEDGE WAS LIMITED PERTAINING TO AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS. HE

ADVISED ME THAT HE HAS DONE INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE FAA AND AGREED TO ADDRESS MY

CONCERNS. AFTER REVIEWING THE STATEMENTS OF SCOTT PERRY AND LOOKING AT THE

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF THE HELICOPTER HE AGREED TO SUBMIT A REPORT

WHICH I ATTACHED TO THIS CASE FILE




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THE AFOREMENTIONED MALE, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PILOT, STARTED TO FALL TO

THE GROUND. I ASSISTED HIM INTO A SITTING POSITION AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE LANDING ZONE NEAR MARY LOU AND HAFEN RANCH, WHEN A CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF HIM. HE SAID WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE CAR, HE SAW THE ELECTRIC LINES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. HE SAID

HE AVOIDED THEM BUT COULD NOT AVOID THE CRASH.

THE PILOT, FLIGHT NURSE, AND FLIGHT MEDIC WERE TRANSPORTED TO LAS VEGAS, NAMES

ARE UNKNOWN.

I SPOKE WITH PARAMEDIC BELLUOMINI AND FIREFIGHTER/ EMT SCOTT PERRY WHO WERE ON

THE AMBULANCE WHICH REQUESTED THE HELICOPTER. MR. BELLUOMINI STATED HE SAW A

VEHICLE NEAR THE AFOREMENTIONED INTERSECTION BUT COULD NOT DESCRIBE IT DUE TO WHAT

OCCURRED WITH FLIGHT FOR LIFE.

UGH, SOP SHE CONTINUED NORTH. SHE

SAID SHE SAW THE HELICOPTER MAKE A RIGHT TURN AS IF GOING TO CIRCLE THEN CRASH INTO THE FIELD. I ASKED IF A FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBER STOPPED HER ALONG THE ROADWAY.

R. ROBERT

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REPLIED NO. SHE SAID SHE STOPPED AFTER THE CRASH. I ASKED IF SHE WOULD MAKE A

WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH SHE STATED SHE WOULD ON HER WAY HOME FROM WOkK (WORKS IN

LAS VEDAS).

A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT FROM BOTH FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AND MRS. FERGUSON

IS FORTH COMING.

AT THE TIME OF THIS SUPPLEMENT ALL THREE ( 3 ) FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN

1 RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

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TODAY'S DATE IS 111300, IT IS 2116 HRS. I AM AT THE SCENE OF THE HELICOPTER ACCIDENT ON HAFFEN RANCH RD. I HAVE WITH ME:

LOUGHRY, RICHARD ODELL DOB: - S S # : 7- -L LAS VEGAS, NV 89131

JH - QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY JACK HENNIGAN RL - RESPONSES OR COMMENTS BY RICHARD LOUGHRY

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JH - OKAY, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE A PASSENGER IN THE HELICOPTER THAT

JUST CRASHED. IS THAT CORRECT

RL - THAT IS CORRECT. I WAS THE FORWARD FACING CREW MEMBER. PARAMEDIC ON THE

FLIGHT FOR LIFE, LIFEGUARD 2

JH - CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT HAPPENED PLEASE RL - YES, WE APPROACHED THE SCENE FROM THE NORTH, WE SEEN THE SCENE AND WE WENT,

DID A HALF CIRCLE AROUND IT TO OBSERVE THE SCENE, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT TO

HIGH, SO IT APPEARED, SO WE STARTED TO LOOSE ALTITUDE AND AS WE DID WE

STARTED THIS KIND OF VIOLENTLY SPIN AROUND AND LAUNCH OVER SOME WIRES, I NOTIFIED THE CREW WE WERE ABOVE WIRES AND WE SPUN AROUND AND THEN SMACKED

THE GROUND JH - DID YOU HAVE A LANDING ZONE SET UP RL - YES WE DID

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Nye County Sheriff's Office STATEMENT

Deputy S. Arrendale File No. 0 0 - 3 0 0 3 - Date , I t i>rO . . . . .. Page

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JH - QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BY JACK HENNIGAN

JP - RESPONSES AND COMMENTS BY JAMES PERRY


JH - IS THE INFORMATION ON THIS STATEMENT FORM FOR IDENTIFICATION CORRECT MR.

PERRY

JP - YES

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JH - OKAY, DO YOU GO BY JAMES, JIM, OR WHAT DO YOU GO BY JP - MY MIDDLE INITIAL IS "S". E GO BY SCOTT JH - YOU GO BY SCOTT. OKAY, DO YOU MIND IF I CALL YOU SCOTT

JP - NOT A PROBLEM JH - OKAY, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING AN INVESTIGATION PERTAINING TO THE CRASH

OF A FLIGHT FOR LIFE HELICOPTER LAST NIGHT

JP - LIFE GUARD 2

JH - LIFE GUARD 2 HELICOPTER LAST NIGHT ON THE 13th. AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 TO 2100

IS THAT CORRECT

JP - YES SIR

JH - OKAY, THIS CONVERSATION IS BEING TAPE RECORDED, IT THAT OKAY WITH YOU IF WE TAPE RECORD IT

JP - THAT'S FINE JH - WE WILL NEED YOU TO SPEAK UP AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I AM GOING TO

. HAVE TO TRANSCRIBE THIS AND THE HARDER IT IS TO UNDERSTAND, THE HARDER IT IS

TO TRANSCRIBE, OKAY

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JP - YES SIR THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND HOUSE ON THE STREET

JH - AND YOUR PATIENT WAS IN 5920 MARY LOU JP - YES SIR, FOURTH HOUSE ON THE STREET

JH - DO YOU KNOW WHO WAS IN THAT CAR JP - THAT WOULD BE THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOTHER THAT WE HAD IN THE AMBULANCE

JH - AND WHERE WERE YOU STANDING WHEN YOU NOTICED THAT CAR COME INTO YOUR LANDING ZONE AREA

JP - I WAS STANDING JUST ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE SECOND HOUSE. SHE CAME DOWN THE

STREET, SAW ME, ABRUPTLY PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I MET HER AT

THE WINDOW

JH - SO IF, WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO USE AS YOUR LANDING ZONE AREA, THAT 204' JP - YES SIR JH - WAS THAT CAR TECHNICALLY WITHIN THAT 204' AREA JP - NO SIR JW - SO FOR ALL INTENT AND PURPOSES, THAT CAR WAS NOT OBSTRUCTING YOUR LANDING

ZONE

JP - NO SIR, I DID NOT CALL FOR AN ABORT BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL AT THE TIME THAT IT

HAD ENTERED INTO THE SAFETY TO LAND ZONE

JH - DO YOU THINK THAT CAR HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS ACCIDENT JP - NO SIR

Jw - DID YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF A ROADBLOCK SET UP AT ALL AT THAT POINT, WHEN THE CAR CAME INTO THE SCENE

JP - NOT TO THE EAST OF THE AMBULANCE. IT WAS STRICTLY ME WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND

RADIO BLOCKING TRAFFIC

JH - AND YOU WERE STARTING TO BLOCK TRAFFIC AT 5960 CORRECT

JP - YES SIR JH - LEAVING OPEN A 204' SPACE

JP - YES SIR JH - AND THAT CAR WAS NOT IN THAT 204' SPACE JP - NO SIR. WE TRY TO GIVE THE HELICOPTER EASWAY 100' TO LAND IN KNOWING IT'S

GOT ABOUT 32' SURROUNDING IT JH - OKAY, SO THE MOST THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE HELICOPTER WOULD HAVE MADE

A LANDING THERE, THE CAR PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOT A PRETTY GOOD DUSTING


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JP - YES SIR. I WAS STANDING OFF THE ROAD TRYING NOT TO GET HIT WITH THE WIND AND' '


JH - SO YOU FELT SAFE WHFRE YOU WERE STANDING, KNOWING THAT DEBRIS WAS GOING TO

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FLY WITHIN THAT 204' AREA

JP - YES SIR JH - THE HELICOPTER CAME IN FROM THE SOUTH JP - FROM THE NORTH JH - I'M SORRY, THAT'S CORRECT, FROM THE NORTH IN A SOUTH BOUND DIRECTION, GOING

OVER THE HOUSE WHICH WOULD BE BETWEEN 5920 AND 5960. DID THE HELICOPTER GET

OVER THE LANDING ZONE AT ALL

JP - NO SIR. IT WAS ABOVE THE HOUSE AT THE TIME


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JH - OR WAS HE LOW ENOUGH THAT HE HAD TO TAKE STRICT EVASIVE ACTION JP - FROM WHAT I SAW, I FELT THAT HE COULD HAVE JUST CONTINUED FORWARD WITH NO

OBSTRUCTIONS IN FRONT OF HIM, CONTINUED FORWARD OR CONTINUED ON WITH A SLOW

LEFT HAND TURN AROUND AND CONTINUED HIS CIRCLE

JH - YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT REQUIRED A SHARP LEFT HAD TURN OR SHARP TURN TO THE EAST

JP - NO SIR. HE WAS STILL HIGH ENOUGH ABOVE ALL OF US THAT I WAS ABLE TO TALK

QUIETLY ON THE RADIO WITHOUT TRYING TO SCREAM INTO IT FROM THE NOISE OF THE

HELICOPTER

JH - OKAY, NOW, SO ACCORDING TO YOUR DIAGRAM HE MADE A SHARP TURN TO THE EAST, CAME DOWN MORE OR LESS OVER THE INTERSECTION OF MARY LOU AND HAFFEN RANCH

WENT A LITTLE BIT NORTH DOWN HAFFEN RANCH AND THEN CIRCLED BACK AROUND, STILL

IN THE EASTWARD DIRECTION BUT TURNING SOUTH AFTER CROSSING THE POWER LINES

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JH - DID IT APPEAR TO YOU AS IF HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT

JP - YES SIR. HE APPEARED TO LOOSE ALTITUDE AND ALL THIS JH - AT ABOUT WHAT POINT IN YOUR DIAGRAM WOULD YOU SAY HE APPEARED TO BE LOSING

ALTITUDE

JP - JUST AS HE PASSED BETWEEN THE FIRST HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE SECOND

HOUSE, WHICH IS 5960.

JH - WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CAR WAS PARKED AND 5960 JP - YES SIR JH - BECAUSE ACCORDING TO YOUR DIAGRAM HERE, HE WENT DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF THAT

VEHICLE

JP - HE CAME FROM THE TOP OF THE THIRD HOUSE TURNED SHARP LEFT AND AS HE CROSSED OVER US HE WAS STILL AT A DECENT HEIGHT AND THEN STARTED TO LOOSE IT AS HE

PASSED US HE STARTED DROPPING ALTITUDE, THEN GO AROUND THE LAST HOUSE AND NO

MORE ALTITUDE

JH - OKAY, NOW WE HAVE HEARD THAT A CAR HAD GONE THROUGH YOUR ROADBLOCK INTO YOUR LANDING ZONE AND ALMOST HIT THE HELICOPTER

JP - NO SIR JH - THIS CAR PULLED IN, WHEN THEY SAW YOU THEY IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE BEING THE NORTH SIDE OF MARY LOU IN FRONT OF 5960 STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT THAT


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JP - THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED AT THE HOUSE


JH - THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED AT THE HOUSE

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JP - YES SIR

JH - THE EAST CORNER OF THE HOUSE THERE. THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE HOUSE

JP - YES SIR JH - SO, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE HINDERED THE VISION OF THE CREW, IF THAT

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JH - AND YOU RESPONDED TO THE EMERGENCY CALL AT 5920


41977 112200 L--,e-&

JH - I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. DO YOU HAVE I

ANYTHING MORE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY

JP - NOTHING THAT I CAN THINK OF AT THIS TIME JH - OKAY, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE OF MY CARDS AND IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING

THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO MY ATTENTION WOULD YOU PLEASE DO SO

JP - YES SIR JH - DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO A INTERVIEW WITH FAA OFFICIALS OR ANY OTHER

OFFICIALS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS INVESTIGATION

JP - I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH THEM SIR

JH - OKAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION. IT IS 1433, THE TAPE RECORDER HAS NOT

BEEN TURNED OFF DURING THE INTERVIEW, THIS WILL BE THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION

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