The NTSB hasn’t yet issued its report on the fatal Skylife air ambulance crash in December 2015. But a Fresno judge has ruled that regardless of the cause, the family of one of the paramedics on board will not be allowed to sue either the operator of the helicopter (Rogers Helicopter) or the helicopter’s
SkyLife HEMS Crash Near McFarland
SkyLife HEMS Crash and Weather
By Mike Danko on
Posted in Accident Investigations, Helicopters
The SkyLife Bell 407 air ambulance helicopter departed from Porterville Airport at 6:52. It crashed minutes later, halfway into its 50 mile flight to San Joaquin Hospital in Bakersfield. The four aboard will killed, including the patient being transported.
The flying conditions at Porterville were acceptable. Though it was dark, the weather was 3300 overcast…