# NTSB Accident WPR16FA029
> **AIRBUS HELICOPTERS AS350B3E** · 2015-11-19 · Carlsbad, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR16FA029
- **Event ID:** 20151118X05037
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-11-19
- **Location:** Carlsbad, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.127223, -117.279998
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- **Model:** AS350B3E
- **Registration:** N711BE
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of control during landing on a dolly. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to conduct the flight without an instructor despite multiple flight instructors' recommendations to the contrary, his failure to land on the ramp when he experienced difficulty landing on the dolly, and his impaired decision-making, judgment, and psychomotor performance, due to his use of a combination of two psychoactive drugs.

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