# NTSB Accident ERA16FA140
> **EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2** · 2016-03-26 · Enterprise, AL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA16FA140
- **Event ID:** 20160326X80544
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-03-26
- **Location:** Enterprise, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 31.279443, -85.971107
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** EUROCOPTER
- **Model:** AS 350 B2
- **Registration:** N911GF
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to perform visual flight rules flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to complete the mission despite the weather conditions and the operator's inadequate oversight of the flight by its operational control center.

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