Water-drop Helicopter Destroyed by Post-crash Fire, Garlick Helicopters (Bell) UH-1H, Feb. 14, 2022, 36 km north of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - The solo pilot was killed and the 1965--vintage helicopter destroyed when it went down in an open paddock after an unsuccessful water drop. The Launceston-based helicopter, flown by its owner, was in its fifth consecutive day of fire-fighting operations using a water bucket suspended from a 140-foot-long line. Tasmanian Fire Service (TFS) fire commanders supervising the operation from an AS350 identified a localized hot spot and tasked the UH-1H to address it. The aircraft departed the staging area at 15:10 and filled the bucket just upstream of a small dam. The AS350 crew watched him drop the water but miss the target, which they described as unusual. The UH-1H then made a gradual left turn and tracked away from the target.