HELICOPTER MADE AN EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS AIRCRAFT LANDED HEAVILY IN LOOSE DIRT AND DAMAGED SKIDS AND ROTORS. POST-ACCIDENT EXAM FOUND "THROTTLE ACTIVATING ARM WAS IMPROPERLY ENGAGED TO THROTTLE STOP."

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

Contributing Factors

TERRAIN CONDITION..LOOSE GRAVEL/SANDY

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