Oct 21, 2020
Accident
Substantial Point Lookout, NY
Injuries1 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsIMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The pilot’s decision to depart on a visual flight rules flight, and to continue that flight into forecasted and deteriorating instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in a helicopter that was not equipped for flight in IMC, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of control.
NTSB ERA21LA028