Accidents
Business Aircraft Accident Reports: January 2024
Preliminary and final accident reports, January 2024
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Preliminary Reports

Pilot Killed in Off-airport Night Departure, Bell 407, Oct. 8, 2023, Croydon, New Hampshire

The solo pilot was killed when the helicopter crashed just 30 seconds after taking off from the field where he had made a precautionary landing two days earlier. The accident occurred at 19:32 local time, an hour and a quarter after sunset and 46 minutes after the end of civil evening twilight. The moon had set, and while skies were clear and the stars were visible, a witness beneath the flight path described the night as “dark.”

The pilot had broken off a powerline patrol on October 6 due to low weather, landing in a privately owned field company pilots used when conditions prevented return to base. 

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