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Location:
Mississippi -
Date:
03/30/2015 -
Incident Type:
Helicopter Incident -
Description:
This report focuses on the context surrounding March 30, 2015 at approximately 14361 when helicopter N50KH experienced a “loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined” (National Transportation Safety Board, 2016) during prescribed burning operations on the National Forests in Mississippi, De Soto Ranger District, Unit 1459. The accident took the lives of U.S. Forest Service employee Steve Cobb, contract pilot Brandon Ricks, and seriously injured another Forest Service employee on detail from Montana.
Aviation, Helicopters, Fatality, Prescribed Fire, Helicopter Incident or Accident
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