- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 10, 2006
Time: 0200
Location: Cajon Pass, California
Operator: Air ambulance - Mercy Air Services
Flight #: ?
Route: Loma Linda - Victorville
AC Type: Bell 412
Registration: N410MA
cn / ln: 33125
Aboard: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The air ambulance crashed on a repositioning flight from Loma Linda Medical Center to its home base in Victorville. The pilot and two crew members were killed. No patients were aboard. The pilot's inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing to the accident were the dark night conditions, fog, and mountainous terrain.
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