The pilot of a helicopter working a wildland fire in Interior Alaska was killed in a crash Sunday night, Alaska State Troopers said.
The 1960 Bell 204B “Huey” crashed during landing at the Anderson Airport’s helipad, troopers wrote in a
. Pilot 56-year-old Douglas Ritchie of Wasilla died in the crash, troopers said. No one else was in the helicopter.. The helicopter was operated by Northern Pioneer Helicopters and had been contracted by the Department of Natural Resources to help with wildland firefighting, troopers said. It had been assigned to the Clear Fire, which spread to more than 9,500 acres by Sunday and prompted evacuations near Anderson.
Troopers did not include a possible cause for the crash in the initial statement. Ritchie’s remains will be autopsied, troopers said.Tess Williams is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, focusing on breaking news. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and previously helped cover the Nebraska Legislature for The Associated Press. Contact her at [email protected].
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