- | 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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