On March 30, 2013, at 2320 Alaska daylight time, a Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter, 
N911AA, impacted terrain while maneuvering during a (SAR) flight near 
Talkeetna, Alaska. The airline transport pilot, an Alaska state trooper serving as a flight observer 
for the pilot, and a stranded snowmobiler who had requested rescue were killed,and the 
helicopter was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire. The helicopter was registered to and 
operated by the Alaska(DPS)as a public aircraft operations flight under 14 Code of 
Federal RegulationsPart 91. Instrument meteorological conditions 
(IMC)
prevailed
in the area at the time of the accident. The flight originated at 2313 from a frozen pond 
near 
the snowmobiler’s rescue l
ocation and was
destined for an off
-
airport location about 16 
mi
south
.