A final report on the March 2021 heli-skiing crash that killed five people and severely injured another placed blame largely on the “inadequate” pilot training program by the heli-ski company, as well as insufficient oversight checks by the Federal Aviation Administration.
were riding in a helicopter owned by Soloy Helicopters LLC in the Chugach Mountains, just north of Knik Glacier, when the craft went down.
The final report by the National Transportation Safety Board was released Wednesday and stated that Horvath told investigators that the helicopter, being piloted by Russell, flew the group from a private resident on Wasilla Lake to an area for a day of skiing. Horvath said that another passenger yelled “don’t do it” three times before the craft quickly pitched backward and “impacted the rocky mountainside several times.” The report states that the helicopter did not suffer any mechanical failures or other issues prior to the incident.
Additionally, the report states that the person responsible for making sure that the operator was adequately trained — the Federal Aviation Administration’s principal operations inspector — approved the flight plan despite the shortcomings of Soloy’s pilot checks. The “flight follower” assigned to keep track of the helicopter waited 41 minutes after the last recorded “ping” from the helicopter before alerting his supervisor. Tordrillo’s emergency response plan stated that a search and rescue facility should be contacted if 30 minutes go by a pre-established time.
The emergency response plan was activated roughly two hours after the last communications, the report states, and the wreckage was found about 3½ hours after the crash. A rescue team arrived on the scene roughly 5 hours and 40 minutes after the incident, according to the report.
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