KETTLE ROY D

2LT Roy D Kettle was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 06/16/2010 at the age of 64.2 from A/C accident
Saraland, AL
Flight Class 70-32
Date of Birth 04/11/1946
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by Ron Cooper

More detail on this person: Pilot killed in helicopter crash identified

Associated Press - June 17, 2010 4:14 PM ET

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Valley County officials have released the name of the man killed when a logging helicopter crashed in the mountains west of Donnelly.

Officials say 64-year-old Roy Daniel Kettle of Harvard died Wednesday afternoon when the 1994 Kaman K-1200 he was flying crashed while he was airlifting a log to a drop zone.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the crash.

The helicopter was registered to Woody Contracting Inc. in Summerville, Ore.

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Pilot killed in helicopter crash Wednesday near Donnelly identified

BY KATY MOELLER - kmoeller@idahostatesman, Published: 06/17/10

Kettle was flying a a 1994 Kaman K-1200 when it went down between West Mountain Road and No Business Lookout. The pilot was airlifting a log to a drop zone.

Federal Aviation Administration investigators are at the scene. The plane was registered to Woody Contracting Inc. in Summerville, Ore.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the crash.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/17/123531 9/pilot-killed-in-helicopter-crash.html?storylink= addthis#ixzz0rEbjkS20

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