Accident: Robinson Helicopter Company R44
Mar 7, 2023 · Port O'Connor, TX
NTSB numberCEN23FA125Event id20230307106842
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot’s initiation of the visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of helicopter control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s flicker vertigo during the flight.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Robinson Helicopter Company R44
- Registration
- N494SH
- Year built
- 2005
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Takeoff Loss of visual reference
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- National Wildlife Refuge Airport (MGI)6 nm (10 km) south
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