# NTSB Accident MIA00LA098
> **Bell 412** · 2000-02-26 · KARNS, TN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA00LA098
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20542
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-02-26
- **Location:** KARNS, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.969478, -83.939613
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 412
- **Registration:** N411UT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout while repo sitioning the helicopter at a road side landing zone resulting in an in-flight (hover) collision with a tree.

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