What: Robinson R22 helicopter
Where: Garfield
When: June 27, 2011
Who: Steve Titsworth
Why: Steve Titsworth, a retired (30 year) firefighter was flying the Robinson R22 chopper belonging to Don Arsenault when the chopper began falling apart. The propellers split and flew into the river; the rotor fell into the trees; and the rest of the chopper crashed hit a tree about 300 feet south of the river. The wreckage caught fire and was engulfed.

The chopper had recently been overhauled.

Ex-firefighter was copter crash victim : kxan.com

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