# Accident 19911209055319A: Bolkms BO105CBS, Deruyter, NY, December 9, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1991, 20:47 local time
- Place: Deruyter, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RMXA
- Location: 42.7507° N, 75.8609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7507&lon=-75.8609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750H-1993-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105CBS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,255 total, 89 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC92FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911209055319A

## Narrative

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

POSITIONING FLIGHT. CRASHED INTO TREES. RECORD OF POOR APPREHENSIVE NIGHT OPS. VERTIGO AND OR HEART SIEZURE FACTORS

## 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 NYC92FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA044), Dec 10, 1991: MBB BO-105CBS (N750H), De Ruyter, NY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AFTER THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE NIGHT CONDITIONS, AND THE LACK OF VISUAL CUES.

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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