# Accident 19900111000479A: Bell UH1B, San Diego, TX, January 11, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1990, 21:50 local time
- Place: San Diego, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8504° N, 98.3909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8504&lon=-98.3909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15SX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1B
- Reported engine: LYC T5311A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,075 total, 1,840 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900111000479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DEPARTED TO FOLLOW HIGHWAY IN DENSE FOG. LOST CONTROL EN ROUTE AND CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW90FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA051), Jan 12, 1990: Bell UH-1B (N15SX), San Diego, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY FLEW INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING NIGHT VFR FLIGHT, AND THE HELICOPTER SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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