Airplane and helicopter pilot and attorney Jimmy Anderson of Krutch Lindell spoke to King 5 News and Fox 13 news the morning after a Kenmore Air de Havilland DHC-3 Otter, registration N907KA crashed into the Puget Sound near Sucia Island on Thursday, July 23, 2026. Jimmy spoke about his experience handling seaplane accidents in the… Read More
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Jimmy Anderson Selected to Washington Super Lawyers 2026
Krutch Lindell is pleased to share that Jimmy Anderson was included in the 2026 edition of Washington Super Lawyers magazine. Jimmy made the Super Lawyers list, an honor limited to no more than 5 percent of the attorneys in the state. For six prior years the annual publication has recognized Jimmy as an outstanding attorney…. Read More
Aviation Lawyer Jimmy Anderson Provides Expert Commentary on American Airlines Crash
Airplane and helicopter pilot and attorney Jimmy Anderson of Krutch Lindell spoke to King 5 News late in the evening on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, after American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into the Potomac River when it was hit by a United States military helicopter. Jimmy spoke about the impact of the Federal Tort Claims… Read More
Krutch Lindell Attorneys Provide Expert Commentary on Northwest Seaplanes Crash
Airplane and helicopter pilot and attorney Jimmy Anderson of Krutch Lindell spoke to King 5 News late in the evening on Sunday, September 4, 2022, after a Northwest Seaplanes de Havilland DHC-3 “Otter” floatplane, registration N725TH, crashed while enroute from Friday Harbor, Washington, to Renton. Sadly, at the time, one victim had been recovered, deceased,… Read More
Patterns Emerge in Southeast Aviation Holland America Flightseeing Excursion Crash
On August 5, 2021, a de Havilland Beaver floatplane operated by commercial air tour operator, Southeast Aviation, crashed near Misty Fjords National Monument, along southern Alaska’s mountainous Pacific Coast/island region near Ketchikan. Reports are that the five passengers killed in the crash were passengers on a Holland America Line Alaska cruise that originated in Seattle. … Read More
2011 Reno Air Races Crash
On September 16, 2011, at the Reno Air Races, a World War II era P-51 Mustang—nicknamed “the Galloping Ghost”—crashed into spectators. The pilot and ten spectators were killed and at least sixty-nine spectators were injured. Air racing was a popular spectator sport in the 1920s and 1930s, but lost popularity as air travel became… Read More
Backcountry Heli-Skiing Accidents, Mountain Flying, and the AS350.
The law firm of Krutch Lindell has opened an investigation into the tragic March 27, 2021, accident involving guests and clients of the Tordrillo Mountain Lodge. The crash, which occurred near the Knik Glacier, involved an Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter, chartered from Soloy Helicopters, a Wasilla-based charter company. Five people were killed, and a sixth… Read More
Who is responsible for preventing midair collisions?
On Sunday afternoon, July, 6, 2020, a de Havilland Beaver and Cessna 206 crashed into each other above Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It is believed that eight people on board the aircraft have died. Witnesses described the two aircraft striking each other at a low altitude, approximately 200 feet, over the water. Both the National… Read More
Krutch Lindell attorneys remember the victims of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
On January 21, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean on its way from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco and Seattle. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 suffered a catastrophic loss of pitch control following an in-flight failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly’s trapezoidal nut threads. All 88… Read More
Helicopters Have Reduced Safety Regulations When It Comes to Weather and Equipment
When I heard the terrible news that a Sikorsky S-76B carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, crashed near Calabasas, California, I checked the weather. Heavy fog. I then reviewed the Air Traffic Control recordings. SVFR (Special Visual Flight Rules). I then learned that the helicopter was not equipped with TAWS (Terrain Awareness… Read More
