ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - National Transportation Safety Board investigators say a sightseeing helicopter received “substantial” damage Tuesday morning, after it rolled over during a landing attempt near the Knik Glacier in the mountains outside of Anchorage, leaving two passengers with minor injuries. According to the NTSB’s initial report, the two injured passengers were among the seven aboard Alpha Aviation’s Airbus AS350 helicopter when the aircraft’s landing gear clipped rocks and rolled over. “We received a call from the operator that they had a machine that experienced what’s known as dynamic rollover,” NTSB Alaska Region Chief Clint Johnson said. “It’s basically when one skid ... becomes attached to the ground and it rolls over on its axis.” Mike Neely, Alpha Aviation’s general manager, said the landing near Inner Lake George was unscheduled.

That sucks

This is why pilots with experience up there are sought after. The learning curve is steep and the autonomy in operations is high. 

no place else has rocks

And you are insecure to boot. 

they want pilots skilled at picking up a helicopter that you can only get working in alaska

September 1999. The Juneau Empire front page read; Mendenhall 3 TEMSCO 0 What say you Mike, Deron and Andy?

JHFC, let it rest.

Now thats funny i dont care who you are

 There is nothing magical about Alaska time. A little more work planning a flight and not much in resources to count on but I had lots more aircraft performance challenge in New Mexico and Arizona then Alaska.

reasonable if you flew tours in Alaska.