- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 10, 2011 |
Time: | 1214 |
Location: | Near Kilohana, Molokai, Hawaii |
Operator: | Blue Hawaiian Helicopter |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Sightseeing |
AC Type: | Eurocopter EC-130 B4 |
Registration: | N11QV |
cn / ln: | 4909 |
Aboard: | 5 (passengers:4 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:4 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The sightseeing helicopter, on a tourist excursion of West Maui and Molokai, slammed into a mountainside and burst into flames while flying in heavy rain and winds. The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from mountainous terrain while operating in marginal weather conditions which resulted in impact of the horizontal stabilizer and lower forward portion of the Fenestron with he ground and or vegetation. |
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