
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, May 13, 1995                   TAG: 9505150064
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: TOANO                                LENGTH: Short

PILOT'S BODY RETRIEVED AFTER COPTER CRASH IN RIVER

State police and rescuers Friday found the body of a pilot who died after his helicopter crashed into the Chickahominy River.

David Hawley's Robinson R-22 two-seat helicopter crashed Monday about 400 yards short of a private helipad in the Cypress Point subdivision in James City County.

Trooper T.L. Embry of the state police said Hawley's body was found about 6:15 a.m. in about 10 feet of water between where the helicopter crashed and the shore.

Embry said Hawley apparently swam some distance from the downed aircraft before he either drowned or died of injuries.

Although the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash, Embry said initial indications are that the helicopter flew too close to the river's surface and struck the water.

Hawley's wife, Carol, was a passenger in the helicopter, but she was rescued by boat after the crash. Embry said she told investigators her husband was out of the helicopter before it sank.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

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