Bell 214 Crash on Idaho Fire

[brushfire21]

I need to stop reading the news, but this time everyone made it out uninured.

 

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/801/

 

Summarized....

 

At approximately 8 PM, July 25 a helicopter working on the Loon Fire crashed while making bucket drops. Another incident helicopter was sent to the crash site with a paramedic on board. Both pilots on the helicopter were assessed and flown to McCall for treatment. One pilot was treated and released. the other pilot is still in McCall and is being held for observation. He was not taken to Boise as previously reported.

 

An accident investigation team is gathering in Mc Call to begin the initial stages of determing the cause of the accident.

 

http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/173719.html

 

and

 

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories...h.b31d87ad.html

 

Idaho News

 

Fire helicopter crashes near McCall

01:57 PM MDT on Thursday, July 26, 2007

KTVB.COM

 

McCALL - A helicopter working the fire lines northeast of McCall made an emergency landing – sending two people to the hospital.

 

The crash happened just after 8:10pm Thursday night. The pilot and a mechanic were evacuated by air, flown to the McCall Airport, then to the McCall Memorial Hospital.

 

After the emergency landing, both people aboard walked away and used the aircraft’s radio to signal for help. The helicopter did not catch fire.

 

The names of the employees haven’t been released – one remains hospitalized. A National Transportation Safety Board investigator and Forest Service team is on the way to the scene to conduct an investigation.

 

The Bell 214ST helicopter was helping fight the Loon Fire when the incident happened.

 

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[Guest rookie101]

It was an HTS 214. I beleive there the only company who operates the 214 in this line of work. I know of offshore companies using the 214, but aside from them HTS is the only other one. It sure is nice to hear everyone made it out in one piece, ashame to hear the helicopter didn't make it. It's always cool to see those things fly out around the Corvallis airport.