A "HARD LANDING" FOR A GAME AND FISH HELICOPTER IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THREE PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD THE BELL HELICOPTER WHEN IT REPORTED ENGINE TROUBLE AND MADE THE HARD LANDING.

THE CRASH HAPPENED 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE HELICOPTER ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE, BUT NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED ... JUST SCRAPES AND BRUISES. A GAME AND FISH OFFICER, A VETERINARIAN, AND THE PILOT WERE ON THE CHOPPER.

THE F-A-A IS INVESTIGATING.