# Accident 19940812021269A: Bell 206L4, Whiting, NJ, August 12, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1994, 21:05 local time
- Place: Whiting, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NYBA
- Location: 39.9546° N, 74.3785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whiting, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9546&lon=-74.3785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124NH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124NH-2010-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L4
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940812021269A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL AFTER FLYING INTO FOG AT NIGHT. WENT INVERTED AND CRASHED INTO WOODED AREA.

## 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 BFO94FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA135), Aug 13, 1994: Bell 206L-4 (N124NH), Whiting, NJ, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION, FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND SUBSEQUENT SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS…

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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