Mono SAR:
At 1450 hours the Team was called for a mutual aid to assist Madera County with a male hiker with an injured ankle near Garnet Lake, and with injuries sustained by crewmembers of a Naval Air Station Lemoore MH-60S Seahawk helicopter when their aircraft impacted the terrain.
Madera initially was responding to the call for the male with an injured leg and requested NAS Lemoore fly to the location and retrieve the subject directly. While in the immediate vicinity, working to make the pickup, the aircraft failed to maintain adequate separation from the terrain, injuring 2 of the 4 crew members and disabling the aircraft.
MOSAR rescue base was established at Minaret Vista. Field team 1 left rescue base and arrived at the Agnew Meadows Trailhead, where they remained pending the arrival of Field Team 2 with additional gear and equipment. When Team 2 arrived at the trailhead, gear was distributed and Team 2 was absorbed into Team 1.
The new Team 1 left the trailhead at approximately 1630 hours. Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) was also requested for mutual aid, and agreed to send a team of 8, along with an additional wheeled litter.
At approximately 1640 hours the new Field Team 2, consisting of 2 MOSAR members, departed the Agnew Meadows Trailhead, followed closely by Field Team 3 with 3 MOSAR members, between them carrying an additional wheeled litter and other equipment.
Team 1 arrived at the accident site at 1810 hours, found that the crash subjects had been treated and stabilized, and packaged the most seriously injured of the 3, the hiker that had initially been injured. Field Team 4 left the Agnew Meadows Trailhead at approximately 1820 hours.
Team 1 began the transport of their subject via wheeled litter while other field teams were still enroute at 1835 hours. Team 2 was enroute with the litter handles for the Team 1 litter and the field teams met at approximately 1850.
YOSAR departed the Agnew Meadows Trailhead at 1838 hours. As Team 1 descending met Team 4 coming in, the teams were reconfigured to assist in the steep uphill stretch to the trailhead. Teams 1 and 4 continued with the first litter carry out.
Team 2 arrived at the accident site, packaged one crewmember into the litter, and with the assistance of recently arrived Team 3 began the transport of the second subject. The remaining injured crewmember elected to walk, and shortly thereafter YOSAR joined teams 2 and 3 on the return. The injured crewmember who was walking was unable to keep the pace of litter crew and required assistance. The 2 MOSAR members assisting the injured crewmember and the rest of the flight crew were designated as Team 5 for tracking.
Team 1 returned to the trailhead at 2150 hours, and transferred the subject to the care of Mono County Medics. Three MOSAR members from the original Team 1, redesignated Team 1B, returned to the field to meet Team 5 and assist in the carryout of the second injured crew member who was walking out.
Team 1B met Team 5 at 2305 hours, packaged the second injured crewmember for the final carryout. Team 2 with Subject 2 arrived at the trailhead at 0030 hours, and Subject 2 was transferred to the care of Mono County Medics. Team 5 accompanied by Team 1B arrived shortly after at 0035 hours with Subject 3 who was also transferred to the care of the medics.
The operation terminated at 0106 hours.