ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354888
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 January 1998 |
| Time: | 22:34 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B |
| Owner/operator: | Skyline Aviation |
| Registration: | N333FC |
| MSN: | 1763 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4223 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pooler, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stuart, FL (KSUA) |
| Savannah, GA (KSAV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noninstrument-rated pilot stated he received a weather briefing via computer prior to departure. While approaching his destination he was told the airport was under instrument flight rules conditions. He requested and received a special visual flight rules clearance to approach the airport. While maneuvering to line up with the airport the helicopter collided with an oak tree. An emergency landing was then made in a field. The passenger stated that he did not observe the pilot reset the altimeter during the entire flight and that at the time the helicopter collided with the trees the altimeter read about 480 feet. The elevation at the Savannah Airport is 51 feet.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a safe altitude and a visual lookout while operating under a special visual flight rules clearance in instrument flight rule conditions, which resulted in the helicopter colliding with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain an adequate weather briefing for conditions at his destination, his continued visual flight rules into instrument flight rule conditions, and his failure to reset the altimeter to the current setting.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA053
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1991 | N333FC | Skyline Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Vero Beach, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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