Helikopterulykke - Tough luck....

Pilot struck, killed by helicopter blade at Pennsylvania fair

By Janet DiGiacomo, CNN

September 30, 2013 -- Updated 0406 GMT (1206 HKT)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• The pilot landed at the fair to refuel and let a relief pilot to take over
• The blade struck him as he was reentering the chopper
• He was a former military pilot with more than 50 years of flying experience

(CNN) -- A veteran helicopter pilot giving rides at a Pennsylvania town fair was killed after he was hit by the chopper's spinning rotor.

Carl R. Enlow, 69, landed the helicopter at the Bloomsburg Fair grounds Friday to re-fuel and to allow a relief pilot to take over.

He left the chopper and was re-entering to speak to the replacement pilot when he was struck by the rotor, the fair association said.

He was airlifted to a hospital, where he died.

Enlow, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was a former military helicopter pilot, with more than 50 years of flying experience, the fair board said.

He worked as a chiropractor.