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