Helicopter Crashes Archives

On February 10, 2013, at about 3:30am a Bell Helicopter 206B JetRanger, crashed in Acton, California while conducting aerial filming for a military themed television show for the Discovery Channel. The two passengers; cameraman Darren Rydstrom, 45, of Whittier, California and cast member Michael Donatelli, 45, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, as well as the pilot David Gibbs, 59, of Valencia, California were all killed as a result of the impact.