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