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Aviation accident WPR23LA061
MINR · EUROCOPTER EC 130 B4 · 2022-12-08 · Waimea, HI, USA
Event
- NTSB number
WPR23LA061- Event ID
20221209106435- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2022-12-08
- Location
- Waimea, HI, USA
- Coordinates
- 20.006, -155.796
Injuries
- Highest injury
- MINR
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 1
- Uninjured
- 6
- Total aboard
- 7
Aircraft
- Make
- EUROCOPTER
- Model
- EC 130 B4
- Registration
- N130WS
- FAR Part
- 135
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of helicopter control on approach to land due to entering a vortex ring state condition, which resulted in a hard landing.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown