Accidents
Former Carson Helicopters V-P Sentenced to Prison
Steven Metheny falsified information to make the aircraft appear to meet minimum payload specs.

Carson Helicopters’ former vice president Steven Metheny last week was sentenced by a U.S. District Court in Medford, Ore., to 151 months in prison for making false statements and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Metheny’s statements became a significant part of the investigation into the 2008 crash of a Carson S-61 while it was performing firefighting services on behalf of the USFS in Northern California. That accident killed nine people and seriously injured four others.


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