A firefighting helicopter which dropped into a Colorado lake while fighting the Derby Fire last month was recovered this week.

The aircraft, a double-rotored Kaman K-1200, was trailered to the Eagle County Regional Airport on Thursday, presumably for further investigation into its crash.

The helicopter went down into Sweetwater Lake at 4:10 p.m. on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The pilot was the only person on board and suffered very minor injuries. Another helicopter picked up the pilot flew that person back to the Eagle County airport.

According to FlightAware.com, the helicopter had been flying since 10 a.m. that morning after launching from the same airport.

A Kaman K-1200 helicopter that crashed during wildfire operations in August was hauled by a tractor-trailer

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