OSO — A helicopter crashed Tuesday as it was lifting cedar blocks during a logging operation near Oso, injuring the sole occupant.
The 63-year-old pilot was conscious and breathing after the crash, and he was reported to have facial and possible internal injuries, said Chad Clark, chief of patrol operations with the Skagit County sheriff’s office.
The man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The pilot had landed to pick up cedar blocks. As he was taking off, the tail of the helicopter “clipped a logging cable, spun out of control and crashed in a clear cut,” Clark said.
The logging work was not connected to activities involving the Oso landslide that killed 43 people in March, Clark added. No other injuries were reported.
