ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296183
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| Date: | Thursday 20 February 2003 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS-350-B3 |
| Owner/operator: | Enchantment Aviation Inc. |
| Registration: | N439AE |
| MSN: | 3408 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 499 hours |
| Engine model: | Arriel Arriel 2B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clyde, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Abilene Regional Airport, TX (ABI/KABI) |
| Eastland, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a repositioning flight, the helicopter landed hard after the pilot encountered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Prior to departure, the pilot checked the weather for a flight to pick up a patient at another hospital. At the time of the departure, the pilot stated the ceiling was at 1,100 feet and the visibility was 7 miles. Shortly after departure, the weather started to deteriorate and the helicopter encountered IMC. The flight paramedic stated the weather deteriorated rapidly while enroute and requested more than once for the pilot to abort the flight. Prior to reversing direction, the pilot slowed the helicopter and initiated a descent. The pilot was unaware of the descent rate and was unable to slow the descent prior to impacting the terrain. Subsequently, the helicopter landed hard and came to rest upright on a roadway.
Probable Cause: the pilot's delayed remedial action and his continued flight into known adverse weather conditions. A contributing factor was the excessive descent rate which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW03LA112
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 17:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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