- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 08, 2008
Time: 0745
Location: Huntsville, Texas
Operator: PHI Air Medical
Flight #: ?
Route: Huntsville-Houston
AC Type: Bell 407
Registration: N416PH
cn / ln: 53276
Aboard: 4   (passengers:1  crew:3)
Fatalities: 4   (passengers:1  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The medical helicopter crashed into the Sam Houston National Forest while transporting a patient to a Houston hospital. The pilot's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent, which resulted in its impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and the limited outside visual reference due to the dark night conditions, low clouds, and fog.
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