# Accident 19961010031469A: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S, Cameron, AL, October 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1996, 04:50 local time
- Place: Cameron, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7959° N, 87.2717° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cameron, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7959&lon=-87.2717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299EH-1999-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961010031469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 10, 1996, AT 0450 LOCAL TIME, AN MBB B0-105S, HELICOPTER, N299EH, REGISTERED TO ERA AVIATION, INC., ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM CAMERON, LOUISIANA, TO LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE USED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ERA HELICOPTERS FIELD BASE LOCATED IN CAMERON, LOUISIANA, (24LA) AT 0445 LOCAL TIME ON OCTOBER 10, 1996.

## 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 FTW97FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA014), Oct 10, 1996: Mbb BO-105 CBS-4 (N299EH), Cameron, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain for undetermined reasons. Contributing factors were the dark night and pilot fatigue.

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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