Fire Tanker Might Have Struck Tree | Aviation International News

Fire Tanker Might Have Struck Tree

Details of the Oct 7 crash were published in last week’s preliminary NTSB report.

An S-2T like this one crashed October 7.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

October 20, 2014

The crew of a forward fire controller aircraft orbiting the recent Dog Rock fire in Yosemite National Park said the Cal Fire-operated S-2F3AT tanker that crashed October 7 might have collided with a tree before it struck the ground, according to the NTSB preliminary accident report. The accident killed the pilot, and post-impact fire destroyed the aircraft.

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