SERS · Bell 206L-1 · 2006-02-02 · Chesterfield, IN, USA
Event
NTSB number
CHI06LA074
Event ID
20060210X00193
Type
Accident
Date
2006-02-02
Location
Chesterfield, IN, USA
Coordinates
40.11111, -85.603889
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
3
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
3
Aircraft
Make
Bell
Model
206L-1
Registration
N593AE
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
DEST
Conditions
Light
NDRK
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after becoming spatially disorientated shortly after departure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight weather evaluation, his inadvertent flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, and the ground objects that the helicopter impacted during the descent.