NTSB CAROL · ERA26FA266
SIKORSKY S76 · N93RT
Huntersville, WV · Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:45:00 UTC
Onboard
1
Fatal
1
Serious
0
Survived
0
Status: In work · Last updated: 11d ago · View docket on data.ntsb.gov →
NTSB record
The agency's structured fields, exactly as published in CAROL. Preliminary records contain location, aircraft, and the defining sequence of events. Probable-cause analysis lands months later with the factual report.
Aircraft
General aviation
- Make · Model
- SIKORSKY S76
- Registration
- N93RT
- Operator
- WACO OIL & GAS CO INC
- Regulation
- Part 91 · General aviation
- Operation type
- Positioning
- Defining event
- Approach · CFIT
- Phase of flight
- Approach
What outlets are reporting · 3 facts from 3/3 relevant headlines
Deterministically extracted from news headlines. Each fact is the literal phrasing the press used; the outlet count shows how many ran the same line. No AI inference, no rewrite — click an outlet to read the original. Headlines must mention this event's location, tail, or aircraft to be included.
- Casualties
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- Fatal event (count unspecified) 2 outlets
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- Victims
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- Victims publicly identified 1 outlet
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- Investigation
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- NTSB investigating 1 outlet
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Extraction is rule-based and conservative — it surfaces what headlines literally say. Headlines that didn't mention this event's location, aircraft, or tail are excluded to keep facts attributable. The full press timeline below is unfiltered.
Press timeline · 3 headlines
Same-day coverage from Google News, queried on tail number, location, and aircraft type. Click through to the original outlet — we don't mirror or rehost.
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Fri, 10 Jul 2026 · WV News
West Virginia State Police identify victim of fatal helicopter crash in Pocahontas County - WV News -
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 · WSLS
NTSB investigating helicopter crash near Marlinton, West Virginia that killed 57-year-old man - WSLS -
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 · WTRF
Fatal aircraft accident in West Virginia - WTRF
Refreshed 8h ago. Headlines via Google News RSS.
Queries used: "N93RT" crash"Huntersville, WV" "plane crash" 2026.
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