# NTSB Accident CEN11FA666
> **ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44** · 2011-09-24 · Curren, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN11FA666
- **Event ID:** 20110926X50902
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2011-09-24
- **Location:** Curren, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.078056, -83.560279
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ROBINSON HELICOPTER
- **Model:** R44
- **Registration:** N8324F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into trees and the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment from multiple drugs.

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