# NTSB Accident MIA00FA029
> **Hughes 369HS** · 1999-11-25 · HELENA, AL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA00FA029
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20135
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-11-25
- **Location:** HELENA, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.27993, -86.850028
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369HS
- **Registration:** N395WM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilots continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions resulting in his becoming spatially disoriented and loosing control of the helicopter, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and impact with the ground.

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