# Accident 19990404002919A: Bolkms BO105S, Indian Springs, NV, April 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1999, 23:50 local time
- Place: Indian Springs, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HDNA
- Location: 36.5092° N, 115.6408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5092&lon=-115.6408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105HH-2000-05-11) (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 BO105S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990404002919A

## Narrative

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

METRO AVIATION ACFT (A 1998 MESSERSCHMITT-BOELKOW-BLOHM BO-1055 HELICOPTER) AIR AMBULANCE CRASHED ON A ROAD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ALL 3 POB (THE PILOT AND 2 NURSES) SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23) ON APRIL 4, 1999 AT APPROXIMATELY 2350 HRS. )PST), A BO-105-S HELICOPTER, N105HH, A FLIGHT FOR LIFE/AMBULANCE OPERATED BY METRO AVIATION INC.(HDNA), BASED IN SHREVEPORT LA., WAS FLYING FROM LAS VEGAS (VALLEY HOSPITAL), NV ENROUTE TO PAHRUMP NEVADA, CRASHED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIAN SPRINGS (INS). THE PILOT AND 2 NURSES WERE FATALLY INJURED. SEVERE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE IFR. ACCIDENT SITE APPEARS TO SHOW AIRCRAFT WAS BANKED LEFT AND HAD GOOD FORWARD MOMENTUM. AN EXPLOSION/FIRE AT IMPACT WAS EVIDENT, THE HELICOPTER HAD AN APPROXIMATE 180 DEGREE HEADING AND WAS DEMOLOSHED IN THE ACCIDENT LEAVING A STRAIGHT LINE PATH OF DEBRIS FOR APPROXIMATELY 135 YARDS FROM POINT OF IMPACT.

## 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 LAX99FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA137), Apr 4, 1999: Mbb B0-105CBS-4 (N105HH), Indian Springs, NV, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's decision to continue VFR flight in deteriorating IFR conditions resulting in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control.

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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