# Accident 20000907036229A: Bell UH1H, Waynesville, NC, September 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2000, 09:05 local time
- Place: Waynesville, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.4381° N, 83.0606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4381&lon=-83.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525BM-2001-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1H (registry code 1181407, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00GA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00GA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907036229A

## Narrative

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

(-23)SEPTEMBER 7, 2000 BELL HELICOPTER, N52BM, CRASHED ABOUT 0905 EST IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NEAR WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE UH-1H HELICOPTER REGISTERED TO THE USDA FOREST SERVICE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE FORESTRY SERVICE AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT AND A CREW CHIEF SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 MIA00GA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00GA264), Sep 7, 2000: Bell UH-1H (N525BM), Waynesville, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with ground level fog due to the pilot's decision to continue VMC flight into instrument conditions, resulting in an in-flight collision with trees.

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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