![]() Nick Schuler, deputy director of communications and emergency incident awareness with Cal Fire, said he “couldn’t even begin to speculate what caused to occur.”Ĭalifornia Three men died in the Cabazon helicopter crash. A preliminary report is likely within 15 business days. “At this early stage of an investigation, NTSB does not state a cause but will provide factual information when available,” Gabris said. Nepomuceno said investigators had gathered witness reports of the crash but asked anyone else who might have witnessed the incident to contact them by emailing the wreckage is recovered, Nepomuceno said investigators would look at the certifications held by the pilots, their flight training history, the components of the aircraft - such as the airframe and engine - and the weather conditions during the crash. ![]() “Our plan,” he said, “is to document the wreckage before relocating to a secure facility in Arizona.” Others involved included an FAA official and representatives for the manufacturers and companies that operated the helicopters. Forest Service.Nepomuceno was part of the investigation team dispatched to Cabazon on Monday. Government and work directly for agencies such as The Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Unlike the Cal Fire assets, which are operated on behalf of the state of California, the Federal Tankers are employed directly by the U.S. At its busiest, McClellan has seen as many as 18 Large Aircraft assigned and reloading out of the base. The larger Federal Tankers like the DC-10 we saw, move from state to state in line with fire activity, with McClellan considered a ‘Next Generation’ Tanker Base able to handle all aircraft, with a total of five reload pits, plus two additional portable ones with some 8 million gallons of retardant used in 2021. Adjacent to the Air Tanker base is Cal Fire’s Aviation Management Unit (AMU), which sees the whole of Cal Fire’s fleet pass through its facility during the months of January, February, and March for winter maintenance, with over 120 mechanics working on the aircraft. ![]() McClellan has one Rockwell OV-10 Bronco assigned, along with two Beechcraft A200CT Super King Airs and a single Beechcraft Baron training aircraft. ![]() All three tanks can be filled simultaneously on the ground in approximately eight minutes. The water or retardant is carried in three centreline belly tanks - which have internal baffles to prevent fluid shift (and consequent shift in centre of gravity) while in flight, and sit with a 15-inch (38 cm) ground clearance. Amongst the large tankers at McClellan during our visit was #910 wearing 10 Tanker's new livery. 10 Tanker operate a fleet of four DC-10-30ER aircraft, each aircraft having a crew of three (Pilot, Co-Pilot, and Flight Engineer), and supported by seven Maintenance Technicians, who provide support with a truck and trailer unit, wherever the aircraft are located. One drop from the DC-10 is equivalent to 12 drops from a S-2T a line of retardant that is 300 feet wide by one mile in length, creating greater containment lines in less time, saving both wildlife and resources. 10 Tanker Air Carrier to give it its full name, is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and has been operating since 2006, its McDonnell Douglas DC-10’s leading the way in performance and efficiency - with the ability to deliver 9,400 gallons of fire retardant from its underbelly-mounted tank within 8 seconds.
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