Incident report
Helicopter crash near Yosemite National Park, California, United States
fatal2024-09-201 fatality
Summary
Helicopter pilot Ryan Cutter was killed on September 20 while conducting water drops during the Dome Fire near Yosemite National Park, dipping buckets into Ostrander Lake approximately 7 miles northeast of the blaze. He was flying with co-pilot Greg King at the time of the fatal incident.
Incident details
Date
2024-09-20
Location
Yosemite National Park, California, United States
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
1
Injuries
0
Occupants
2
Probable cause
Phase of flight
hover
Weather
UNKNOWN
Source
parkrecord.com ↗37.7459, -119.5332
Quick stats
Severityfatal
Fatalities1
Injuries0
Sourceparkrecord.com
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