3 fatal · EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3 · 2013-10-22 · Somerville, TN, USA
Event
NTSB number
ERA14FA010
Event ID
20131022X92949
Type
Accident
Date
2013-10-22
Location
Somerville, TN, USA
Coordinates
35.229999, -89.380279
Injuries
Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
3
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
3
Aircraft
Make
EUROCOPTER
Model
AS 350 B3
Registration
N353HW
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
DEST
Conditions
Light
NDRK
Weather
Unk
Probable cause
The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with night, instrument meteorological conditions while responding to an obstacle alert, resulting in an in-flight loss of helicopter control.