# NTSB Accident ERA14FA010
> **EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3** · 2013-10-22 · Somerville, TN, USA · FATL
## 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.

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