What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 31 aug 2025, at approx. 21:30 local time, a S-76D helicopter operating as a part 135 corporate flight, crashed attempting to land at night, VFR, unaided. The helicopter had two pilots onboard and one passenger, who was the privacy data omitted of the helicopter. The pilots mistakenly took green "tiki" lights at a rv park for the green led lights at the heliport. The helicopter impacted trees at approx 30 ft maneuvering to land. The crash site is located roughly 1.5 miles to the north of the intended point of landing. There were no fatalities from this accident. The weather was reported as dark with approx. 50% illumination due to a low overcast cloud layer, but with no visible obscurations. Witnesses reported hearing the helicopter fly over their homes, and then return a few moments later lower and slower than before. When they heard the sound of the helicopter impacting the trees, they alerted emergency services and ran to the accident site to provide undefined.
As the FAA filed it
ON 31 AUG 2025, AT APPROX. 21:30 LOCAL TIME, A S-76D HELICOPTER OPERATING AS A PART 135 CORPORATE FLIGHT, CRASHED ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT NIGHT, VFR, UNAIDED. THE HELICOPTER HAD TWO PILOTS ONBOARD AND ONE PASSENGER, WHO WAS THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE HELICOPTER. THE PILOTS MISTAKENLY TOOK GREEN "TIKI" LIGHTS AT A RV PARK FOR THE GREEN LED LIGHTS AT THE HELIPORT. THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED TREES AT APPROX 30 FT MANEUVERING TO LAND. THE CRASH SITE IS LOCATED ROUGHLY 1.5 MILES TO THE NORTH OF THE INTENDED POINT OF LANDING. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES FROM THIS ACCIDENT. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS DARK WITH APPROX. 50% ILLUMINATION DUE TO A LOW OVERCAST CLOUD LAYER, BUT WITH NO VISIBLE OBSCURATIONS. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE HELICOPTER FLY OVER THEIR HOMES, AND THEN RETURN A FEW MOMENTS LATER LOWER AND SLOWER THAN BEFORE. WHEN THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF THE HELICOPTER IMPACTING THE TREES, THEY ALERTED EMERGENCY SERVICES AND RAN TO THE ACCIDENT SITE TO PROVIDE UNDEFINED.
NTSB investigation
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