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Final Report: EMS helicopter crashed in fog

Bell 407, Newberry, S.C., July 13, 2004–The NTSB blamed the EMS helicopter accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance as a result

By Mary F. Silitch

December 7, 2007

Bell 407, Newberry, S.C., July 13, 2004–The NTSB blamed the EMS helicopter accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance as a result of fog conditions. A contributing factor was inadequate weather and dispatch information relayed to him.

At night, in mist and light fog, the Med-Trans Bell 407 EMS helicopter was destroyed when it crashed into trees after taking off from an accident site with an injured motorist. The commercial pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and patient were killed.

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