Accidents
Preliminary Report: Emergency medical helo loses control in IMC
Agusta A109K2, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan.

Agusta A109K2, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 10, 2003–Life Flight 6 was destroyed, its instrument-rated commercial pilot and flight paramedic killed and a flight nurse seriously injured when the helicopter crashed at approximately 8:50 p.m. MST while attempting to maneuver in dense fog near Salt Lake City. N601RX was owned and operated by IHC (Intermountain Health Care) Health Services of Salt Lake City.

Night IMC prevailed throughout the area for the Part 91 flight, which was operating on a VFR flight plan. The flight originated from the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City at 8:31 p.m. and was en route to Wendover, Utah, to pick up a patient who had been injured in an auto accident.

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