# Accident 20090925025539A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 E, Georgetown, SC, September 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2009, 23:37 local time
- Place: Georgetown, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RXMA
- Location: 33.2886° N, 79.3422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2886&lon=-79.3422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N417AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N417AE-2010-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL (registry code 8680951, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2-ecureuil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2 E
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 350 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA537](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA537) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090925025539A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT CREW LANDED CHARESTON, SC (KCHS)FOR A MEDICAL DROP OFF. THE PILOT REFUELED AND CHECK WEATHER FOR CONWAY, SC. HE CHECK RADAR AND SAW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING S-SE BUT THE CREW MADE THE DECISON TO DEPART AND WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 1.9 NM FROM THE GEORGETOWN AIRPORT, GEORGETOWN, SC.

## 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 ERA09FA537](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA537), Sep 26, 2009: Eurocopter AS-350 (N417AE), Georgetown, SC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and a loss of control of the…

## Other reports on N417AE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080521834049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080521834049A), May 21, 2008: Snias AS350B2 (N417AE), Hiram, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) During normal run-up, after full advance of the throttle to flight RPM, with the collective in the locked position, the aircraft began a violent lateral…

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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