# NTSB Accident CEN23FA125
> **ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44** · 2023-03-07 · Port O'Connor, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN23FA125
- **Event ID:** 20230307106842
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-03-07
- **Location:** Port O'Connor, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.415122, -96.48012
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- **Model:** R44
- **Registration:** N494SH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s initiation of the visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of helicopter control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s flicker vertigo during the flight.

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