- | 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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