# Accident 20030625016789A: Urocop EC120B, Boonville, MO, June 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2003, 22:45 local time
- Place: Boonville, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7781° N, 92.6958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7781&lon=-92.6958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298HS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N298HS-2003-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC120B (registry code 8680987, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec120b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIUS-2F (registry code 60010, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arrius-2f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP EC120B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 668 total, 91 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030625016789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE VFR RATED PILOT FLEW INTO KNOWN POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS AT NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS, HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS WERE IN THE AREA AND ON THE HELICOPTERS ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI03FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA179), Jun 26, 2003: Eurocopter EC120B (N298HS), Boonville, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation which resulted in his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions. An additional cause was the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from…

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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