- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 03, 1993 |
Time: | 1540 |
Location: | Ogden, Utah |
Operator: | Air Taxi - South Coast Helicopters Inc. |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Bell 206B3 |
Registration: | N1078V |
cn / ln: | 2923 |
Aboard: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The pilot was transporting personnel within a remote mountain valley in support of the commercial filming of celebrity skiers. The skiers had been filmed as they skied down a ridge, and were being flown back to the top of the ridge line. During the third go-around following three attempts to land on the ridge top landing site, the helicopter disappeared into a cloud bank and impacted the ridge at the 8,500-ft level. The pilot's continuation of VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his decision to continue his landing attempts under the adverse weather conditions. |
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