# NTSB Accident WPR16LA175
> **MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 500N** · 2016-09-02 · Honolulu, HI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR16LA175
- **Event ID:** 20160908X03328
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-09-02
- **Location:** Honolulu, HI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 21.256111, -157.806945
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER
- **Model:** 500N
- **Registration:** N5232G
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain helicopter control in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in the helicopter rescue net’s contact with a utility pole and serious injury to an occupant who fell from the rescue net. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s and rescue personnel’s decision to continue the extraction in proximity to the pole.

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