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A Robinson R66 helicopter from Prescott crashed near Wikieup, Arizona on June 23, 2016. David Cormey, 55, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, and Timothy Shawn Brown, 52, of Glendale, were killed in the crash. An NTSB investigation concluded the helicopter experienced sudden high winds and turbulence from several large dust devils and the R66 broke up in flight.

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A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County alleges that a helicopter crash near Wikieup in 2016 that killed the pilot and his passenger, also a pilot, from Prescott Valley, was a result of the faulty design of the Robinson R-66 helicopter.

By Scott Orr June 29, 2018