What: Leading Edge Aviation HILLER UH-12E ROTORCRAFT chartered for Idaho Fish and Game
Where: Near the U.S. Forest Service building in Kamiah, in the northern Idaho Clearwater Region
When: August 31 2010
Who: 3 fatalities:Larry Barrett, 47, of Lewiston, Idaho, Dani Schiff, 34, also of Lewiston, pilot Perry J. Krinitt, 43, of Belgrade, Mont.
Why: The biologists were counting salmon spawning nests on the nearby Selway River.
The crash is attributed to an apparent mechanical malfunction in the helicopter. Witnesses say the helicopter was making popping sounds and that material was coming off it before it nosedived straight down. The pilot struggled to keep the helicopter from crashing into a nearby school. It ended up in a driveway, damaging a home and a trailer.