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
.