Accidents
NTSB: LASD Super Puma Crashed In Brownout
'Rescue 5' was responding to an emergency call and attempting to land when the helicopter became engulfed in dust, contacted a tree, and rolled over.
The Airbus Helicopters AS332 that crashed on March 19.
The Airbus Helicopters AS332 that crashed on March 19.

Brownout and a continued approach into a questionable landing spot appear to have factored into the March 19 crash of an 11-year-old Airbus Helicopters AS322L1, registered as N950SG and operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) as “Rescue 5,” according to a preliminary NTSB report. Four of the six crew aboard—five deputies and a doctor—were seriously injured.


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