Hope this is not one of our own. (Summit County Flight For Life Crashes, Killing Pilot)

[Alpha2]

I can't find out where the chopper was based, does anyone know?

[cmailliard]

I can't find out where the chopper was based, does anyone know?

Flight for Life has 5 Rotor Wing Aircraft and 2 Fixed Wing Aircraft
Lifeguard 1 - Denver (St. Anthony Hospital)
Lifeguard 2 - Summit County (Summit County Medical Center) This is the aircraft that crashed
Lifeguard 3 - Colorado Springs (Penrose)
Lifeguard 4 - Pueblo (St. Mary Corwin)
Lifeguard 5 - Durango (Mercy)

All 4 Helicopters and both Airplanes are currently Out Of Service

[RCCrawler]

Very sad story.

All 4 Helicopters and both Airplanes are currently Out Of Service

Why pull them all out of service? I wonder how many lives they save everyday?

[cmailliard]

Very sad story.


Why pull them all out of service? I wonder how many lives they save everyday?

May be the SOP until the FAA and other investigators determine the cause. Centura, Air Methods, or FFL themselves could have ordered them grounded. If there is a problem with maintenance, a part, or a training issue they do not want the same thing to happen again. But I am mostly just SWAGing as to why.

[J]

May be the SOP until the FAA and other investigators determine the cause. Centura, Air Methods, or FFL themselves could have ordered them grounded. If there is a problem with maintenance, a part, or a training issue they do not want the same thing to happen again. But I am mostly just SWAGing as to why.

Likely one of those is the case. I was driving through that area not 15 minutes before this happened on my way to Grand Junction for the weekend. There were no significant meteorological conditions that would have been a primary contributor to the crash. I'd put good odds the NTSB comes out with either Mx or Pilot error.