What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During a fire-fighting bucket operation for the ?white river? Wildfire, the aircraft went down approximately 14 NM se of Mt. Hood into the white river. Records indicate the pilot was performing bucket operations from the same dip site over the previous days. Upon the final sortie of the day, the pilot failed to respond to air attack radio calls, prompting search and rescue operations by the united stated forest service and the Oregon national guard. The aircraft and pilot were located in the shallow waters of the dip site; the aircraft appearing to sustain substantial damage, and the pilot fatally injured.
As the FAA filed it
DURING A FIRE-FIGHTING BUCKET OPERATION FOR THE ?WHITE RIVER? WILDFIRE, THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN APPROXIMATELY 14 NM SE OF MT. HOOD INTO THE WHITE RIVER. RECORDS INDICATE THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING BUCKET OPERATIONS FROM THE SAME DIP SITE OVER THE PREVIOUS DAYS. UPON THE FINAL SORTIE OF THE DAY, THE PILOT FAILED TO RESPOND TO AIR ATTACK RADIO CALLS, PROMPTING SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS BY THE UNITED STATED FOREST SERVICE AND THE OREGON NATIONAL GUARD. THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WERE LOCATED IN THE SHALLOW WATERS OF THE DIP SITE; THE AIRCRAFT APPEARING TO SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT FATALLY INJURED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.