# Accident 20061210025899A: Bell 412, Hesperia, CA, December 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2006, 17:55 local time
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: A1UA
- Location: 34.3422° N, 117.4314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3422&lon=-117.4314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410MA-2007-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 412 (registry code 1182202, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6 series (registry code 52033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- Reported engine: PWA PT6T3B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,162 total, 104 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061210025899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 10, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1755 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST), A BELL 412, N410MA, OPERATED BY LIFE NET, AS MERCY AIR UNDER CONTACT WITH LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, CRASHED NEAR HESPERIA, CA ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO VICTORVILLE, CA. THE THREE FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A COMPANY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE REPOSITIONING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT WAS A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO VICTORVILLE, CA, CALLED OFF OF LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HELIPORT (LLUMC) AT 1742 PST. THE MERCY AIR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER LOST THE OUTERLINK SATELLITE TRACKING SIGNAL AT APPROXIMATELY 1755 PST APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES SOUTH OF HESPERIA, CA.

## 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 LAX07FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA056), Dec 11, 2006: Bell 412SP (N410MA), Hesperia, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing to the accident were the dark night conditions, fog, and…

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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