News Articles
Search continues in deadly wildfire helicopter crash
USA Today – 08/07/2008
Survivor tells of helicopter’s final moments
SFGate – 08/07/2008
Eight feared dead in crash
Mail Tribune – 8/7/2008
Official: 9 deaths 'fair certainty' in helicopter crash
CNN – 08/07/2008
Aboard the crashed Sikorsky
The Oregonian – 8/7/2008
Survivors describe deadly helicopter crash
ABC News – 08/08/2008
Witnesses say helicopter was struggling
LA Times – 8/8/2008
Nine missing in Northern California helicopter crash confirmed dead
LA Times – 8/8/2008
Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Trinity County Helicopter Crash Victims
08/08/2008
Life and death on the fire lines
The Oregonian – 8/8/2008
COCC mourns student killed in helicopter crash
KTVZ Bend -8/8/2008
Survivors describe deadly helicopter crash
ABC News – 08/08/2008
Fallen firefighter remembered at Ashland Mass
The Oregonian – 8/10/2008
Victims Friend Remembers Him as Hero
KTVL – 8/10/2008
So Oregon campus feels the void left by crash
The Oregonian – 8/10/2008
Portraits of firefighters slowly emerge
LA Times – 8/10/2008
Officials collect remains from crash 08102008
AP – 08/10/2008
Firefighters' remains arrive in copter
The Oregonian – 8/11/2008
University ceremony honors fire dead
The Oregonian – 8/12/2008
Crowd gathers to mourn Iron 44 Incident dead
The Oregonian – 8/16/2008
The Iron 44 Incident – The Oregonian
The Oregonian – 08/21/2008
Parish mourns teen death
Catholic Sentinel – 08/22/2008
COMING HOME: Families of seven firefighters receive their remains in Medford Tuesday
Mail Tribune – 8/27/2008
Recovery – Bill Coultas
Daily Courier – 11/11/2008
Feds say firefighter helicopter that crashed was pushing weight limit
The Oregonian – 9/16/2009
NTSB lambasts Carson Helicopters of Grants Pass in 2008 crash that killed 9 firefighters
The Oregonian 12/7/2010
NTSB Aircraft Accident Report
December 7, 2010
Metheny and Phillips Indictment 2-4-2013
Federal Indictment 2/4/2013
Men falsified weight and power 2-4-2013
The Oregonian 2/4/2013
Feds accuse two southern Oregon men of conspiring to defraud Forest Service
The Oregonian – 2/4/2013
US Attorney Indictment PR 2-4-2013
Press Release 2/4/2013
Firefighters’ Survivor Benefits Value Some Lives Over Others
New York Times -8/18/2013
Carson Helicopters official admits to defrauding feds
Mail Tribune, 11/24/2014
Carson Helicopters VP sentenced to 12-1/2 years in Iron 44 crash that killed 9
Mail Tribune, 6/16/2015
Co-conspirator gets 25 months in prison in Carson Helicopter crash case
Mail Tribune, 6/16/2015
'Ultimate betrayal'
Mail Tribune, 6/17/2015
Six honored for helicopter crash investigation
Mail Tribune, 10/21/2016
Iron 44 crash remembered: 'You never stop grieving'
Mail Tribune, 8/5/2018
Iron 44 tragedy: Former Carson VP disputes judgment
Mail Tribune, 5/16/2019
Sentence stands in fatal Iron 44 helicopter crash
Mail Tribune, 6/16/2020
Former Iron 44 helicopter VP seeks early release from prison
Mail Tribune, 11/7/2020
Metheny receives early release from prison
Mail Tribune, 9/29/2021