# NTSB Accident ERA09FA537
> **EUROCOPTER AS-350** · 2009-09-26 · Georgetown, SC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA09FA537
- **Event ID:** 20090926X65328
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2009-09-26
- **Location:** Georgetown, SC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.288612, -79.342224
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** EUROCOPTER
- **Model:** AS-350
- **Registration:** N417AE
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and a loss of control of the helicopter. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate oversight of the flight by Omniflight’s Operational Control Center.

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