What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 25, 2010, at approximately 0600 central daylight time (CDT), N885HW, a Eurocopter AS-350-B3, registered to and operated by the memphis medical air ambulance service (dba hospital wings) as a part 91 repositioning flight, crashed into a field 1.8 miles from the Brownsville ambulance service helipad, Brownsville, TN. The pilot and two flight nurses on board the helicopter were fatally injured. The aircraft departed the jackson-madison county general hospital heliport (TN99) and was enroute to the Brownsville helipad (TN05). The weather conditions were reported as night instrument meteorological conditions with reports of a major line of strong thunderstorms in the immediate area at the time of the accident.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 25, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 0600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), N885HW, A EUROCOPTER AS-350-B3, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE MEMPHIS MEDICAL AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE (DBA HOSPITAL WINGS) AS A PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, CRASHED INTO A FIELD 1.8 MILES FROM THE BROWNSVILLE AMBULANCE SERVICE HELIPAD, BROWNSVILLE, TN. THE PILOT AND TWO FLIGHT NURSES ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE JACKSON-MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL HELIPORT (TN99) AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE BROWNSVILLE HELIPAD (TN05). THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH REPORTS OF A MAJOR LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.