THE DTSB
Pending. Crash site located in the Chalk Butte range of terrain and occurred 4 minutes after sunset in low visibility conditions. One witness saw the helicopter enter a climb and observed a piece come off it. “She stated that the helicopter then began to gain altitude, and something came off it,
after which it descended out of her line of sight. ” Likely low level aggressive maneuvering which resulted in a mass bump and loss of control.