# NTSB Accident CEN24MA111
> **AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130** · 2024-02-10 · Halloran Springs, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN24MA111
- **Event ID:** 20240210193770
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2024-02-10
- **Location:** Halloran Springs, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.37304, -115.86357
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 6
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 6
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- **Model:** EC 130
- **Registration:** N130CZ
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the company’s inadequate oversight of its safety management processes, including ensuring the pilots were accurately completing and updating the flight risk analysis, logging maintenance discrepancies, and ensuring the helicopter met Part 135 regulations before departure.

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