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North Pass Fire Rotor Blade Strike 2012

  • Incident Information:

    North_Pass_Fire_Rotor_Strike_Lessons_Learned_Final

  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    09/01/2012

  • Incident Type:

    Helicopter Incident

  • Description:

    At approximately 1515 PDT, a Sikorsky S-61 experienced a main rotor-blade strike during a water drop mission on the North Pass Fire on the Mendocino National Forest. The helicopter, operating under a CWN contract, was coordinating water drops with a Hotshot crew on Division V when the main rotor- blades struck a snag. This fire was being managed by a Type 2 Incident Management Team, with an Air Attack and Helicopter Coordinator, on scene when this incident occurred.

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