- 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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