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Photo gallery: Helicopter crash northwest of Tucson
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Photo gallery: Helicopter crash northwest of Tucson

  • Jan 31, 2011
  • Jan 31, 2011 Updated Feb 2, 2011

One person was killed and three were injured late Monday morning when a Pima County Sheriff's Department helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain northwest of Tucson, officials said.

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
Four people were aboard a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter that crashed while scouting the area for possible radio tower locations in the Ironwood National Forest northwest of Tucson. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
A HH-60 Pave Haws from the 943rd Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hovers about the scene where four people were aboard a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter that crashed while scouting the area for possible radio tower locations in the Ironwood National Forest northwest of Tucson. January 31, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
SARA, Southern Arizona Search and Rescue, at the scene of a helicopter crash. Four people were aboard a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter that crashed while scouting the area for possible radio tower locations in the Ironwood National Forest northwest of Tucson. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
Sheriff Department member looks at the scene of a helicopter crash. Four people were aboard a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter that crashed while scouting the area for possible radio tower locations in the Ironwood National Forest northwest of Tucson. January 31, 2011. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
An HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 943rd Rescue Group at D-M hovers over the scene, as a pararescuer recovered the fourth victim, who died when a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter crashed in the Waterman Mountains, northwest of Tucson. Monday, January 31, 2011. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
Recovery of the thrid victim, who sustained life threatening injuries when a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter crashed in the Waterman Mountains, northwest of Tucson. Monday, January 31, 2011. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
Rescue workers at the scene of a helicopter crash Northwest of Tucson. A Pima County Sheriff's Department helicopter went down while scouting the area for radio tower locations, injuring three and killing 1. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
Firefighters recover the third victim, who sustained life threatening injuries when a Pima County Sheriff's helicopter crashed in the Waterman Mountains, northwest of Tucson. Monday, January 31, 2011. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injures 3, kills 1
An ambulance carrying the body of the fourth victim from the scene of today's helicopter crash. A Pima County Sheriff's Department helicopter went down while scouting the area for radio tower locations, injuring three and killing 1. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash injuries 3, kills 1

Helicopter crash injuries 3, kills 1
Handout photo of Loren Leonberger, the pilot that was killed in a helicopter that crashed northwest of Tucson Monday, January 31, 2011. Courtesy of Pima County Sheriff's Office. Courtesy of Pima County Seriff's Office

1992 rescue by pilot Loren Leonberger

1992 rescue by pilot Loren Leonberger
Loren Leonberger piloted this helicopter involved in the 1992 DPS rescue of Glenn Velardi, after a Medevac helicopter crash in the Pinaleno Mountains near Mt. Graham. Velardi is at the end of the rope with Richard Carmona. Leonberger was killed Monday, January 31, 2011 in a crash that injured 3 others, northwest of Tucson. handout

Pima County Sheriff's Department releases 911 tape from helicopter crash

Pima County Sheriff's Department releases 911 tape from helicopter crash
A Pima County Sheriff's helicopter crashed while scouting for possible radio tower locations in the Ironwood National Forest northwest of Tucson on Jan. 31, 2011. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star

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