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Incident Information:
Attachment Size Horns Mountain Fire Aircraft Accident NTSB Final Investigation Report.pdf (762.68 KB) 762.68 KB -
Location:
Washington -
Date:
08/14/2018 -
Incident Type:
Fixed Wing Incident -
Description:
On August 14, Fire Boss 242 (a Single Engine Air Tanker) experienced a complete power loss and was forced to make an emergency landing. The aircraft, working with two other Fire Bosses on the Horns Mountain Fire, Colville National Forest, Washington, went down in a group of trees next to a gravel road. The pilot was able to extricate himself from the aircraft and make it on his own to the gravel road. The response to this Incident Within an Incident (IWI) resulted in the pilot being airlifted to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington where he was diagnosed with broken ribs and a bruised lung. He was treated and released.
RLS, Fixed Wing, Aviation, Fixed Wing Incident or Accident, Medevac
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